Black Book
Rachel is a Jewish woman who met an old kibbutz friend who works as a teacher. In the Netherlands during the war in September 1944, Rachel received many troubles when her hiding place was bombarded by coalition forces. Rachel later joined a group of Jews, all of whom ran through the sea by boat to the south of the Netherlands in search of another refuge. The Germans carried out a massive genocide, killing all of them and only Rachel, who was able to escape, survived. In the end, she was called Elise de Fries because she is part of the Jewish resistance that still suffers from German threats
27 September 1939, London, England, UK
10 April 1972, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
17 May 1973, Oranjestad, Aruba
November 21, 1959 in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
15 October 1965, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
16 April 1961, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1980, Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Netherlands
January 15, 2008
There are a lot of plot twists at the end of the film, maybe too many, but it will keep you guessing.
April 27, 2007
Insanely entertaining -- and often just plain insane -- World War II melodrama. You may hate yourself in the morning, but you'll have to admit Verhoeven gives you a lot of bang for your buck.
September 01, 2007
A hard-core war film with raw violence, intense action, graphic sexuality and a twisting plot that offers a series of surprises.
September 25, 2010
The handsomely mounted, heedlessly pulpy modernist World War II thriller that "The Good German" and "Valkyrie" failed to be - a dizzying rush of daring rescues, sexual intrigue, treachery, betrayal, gunfights, hasty conclusions and harrowing consequences.
April 30, 2007
Paul Verhoeven's WWII drama stars the lovely Dutch actress Carice van Houten as a Jewish Resistance worker, and costars her breasts. All three deserve awards consideration.
August 27, 2009
It's the last thing a Verhoeven film should be: tasteful
April 27, 2007
Black Book doesn't let the grim facts of the Holocaust get in the way of some ripping pulp.
April 18, 2008
A slick, thrilling, trashy, melodramatic and serialesque soap opera adventure which conceals the complex tale of moral ambiguity beneath.
April 27, 2007
The happy ending demands that [Verhoeven's] return-journey film -- Black Book -- be a rousing artistic triumph. It isn't. Too many of his lazy Hollywood habits have followed him home.
March 06, 2008
While gleefully turning all prior war movie stereotypes on their heads, Verhoeven opts for the bizarre theory that ravishing designing women and lots of sex can change the course of world history.
April 07, 2015
Seven years after he disappeared with the whimper that was Hollow Man, Paul Verhoeven has returned with what may be his best film.
May 04, 2007
Verhoeven never loses sight of the larger message -- that in those evil times, ordinary people were forced to do extraordinary, and even awful, things just to live long enough to tell their tale.

