Part of what i admire about black book is how it offers a kind of bracing rebuke toschindlers list, providing a much darker vision that refuses to let its audience off the hook so easily, though ostensibly its more fictional. Sadly it doesnt match up to the credentials of those former films in my humble opinion. It is the novelization of the dutch film black book 2006. The movie is ably carried by carice van houten whose expressive face conveys the emotional storms endured by rachelellis as she demonstrates. Once holland is liberated in may 1945, rachel reveals the real traitor and takes her revenge. Plot summary not to be mixed up with the 2004 film little black book with brittany murphy. This film follows the dutchjewish singer rachel stein who goes. Most dutch were ambivalent to nazi ideas, and a huge number of young dutch joined the ss. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul.
Why did paul verhoeven disappear from the hollywood radar. A hardcore war film with raw violence, intense action. Two hours twenty minutes of excitement, suspense, and wonderful acting. Rachel steinn carice van houten is a beautiful jewish woman living in holland during the early days of world war ii. Hardly your average movie nazi, hes practicalminded and compassionate, drawn to rachels mystery at the same time that hes doubting his. With carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, halina reijn. Black book received a golden film 100,000 tickets sold within a record breaking three days and a platinum film 400,000 tickets sold within three weeks after the dutch premiere.
This is an extremely well executed film by director paul verhoeven, and van houten. It tells the story of a young jewish woman, rachel stein, and her struggle for survival during and after the second world war. Check out this behind the scenes look at bad boys for life. Black book zwartboek directed by paul verhoeven an engaging world war ii drama set in holland and focused on the resiliency of a jewish woman struggling to stay alive in terrible times. Financial analysis of zwartboek 2007 including budget, domestic and international box office gross. Black book is also based on things that happened in the war. Feb 16, 2014 black book, a dutch wwii movie based on real events revolves around what happened to the jews when the germans occupied holland. But this group is soon shattered by betrayal with rachel falsely accused as the traitor.
In paul verhoevens latest film, black book zwartboek in the original dutch, almost no character is wholly good or evil, from the nazi officers occupying holland to the members of the dutch. Its a dire and overlong period movie that manages to display a good deal of prurience and misogyny, the climax of which arrives. I watched this movie some time ago, with my mother and sister, and didnt think it was too bad. Christian berkel and halina reijn at the premiere of black book. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. This movie was released in 2006 and tells the story of survival of a dutchjewish singer by the name of rachel stein during the last year of the nazi occupation. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing black book near you. The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young jewish woman in the netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during. Black book zwartboek is not only a riveting wwii adventure, but a superb contrast of morality vs reality. Black book or zwartboek to give it its original dutch title is about the.
Jan 18, 2007 black book 1 5 stars 1 out of 5 stars. At the time of release, it was the most expensive dutch film ever made, and also the netherlands most commercially successful, with that. Sep 09, 2010 black book is one of my favorite movies. Black book film was one of the good articles, but it has been removed from the list. Black book on dvd september 25, 2007 starring carice van houten, thom hoffman, halina reijn, sebastian koch. Black book or zwartboek to give it its original dutch title is about the resistance movement in holland. Rachel, a jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. Excellent editing keeps the pace of the film fairly quick despite its twoandahalf hours in length, and solid set decoration, location selection, and cinematography.
See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. World war ii drama set in holland and focused on the resiliency of a jewish woman struggling to stay alive in terrible times. The thrashing rarely lets up in black book, a film in which a jewish womans body is saved from the offcamera death camps, gas chambers and ovens to. A furious mix of sex, violence, and moral relativism, black book is. Paul verhoevens zwartboek black book or black book from 2006 is in many ways similar to inglourious basterds which tarantino brought to the screens in 2009. Black book zwartboek dream a little dream of me duration. However, given the nature of the movie, it should have a successful tour of art house theaters in major cities, but it will never play in multiplexes. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives. Rent black book 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Everything you need to know about black book movie 2007. Rather like its director paul verhoeven it is glossy, loud, garish, flamboyant, sexy, slick and comes over somewhat superficial although im sure.
Black book zwartboek dvd is released on monday 30th april. For attentive viewers, the final scenes of the film act as a provocative meditation on the relationships between war and justice, peace and insularity, the actions of the past and the promises of the future. While some things had a pretty traditional feel, there were many moments that only verhoeven would bust out, such as showing carice van houten dying her pubic hair and getting covered by a bucket of shit. Rent black book 2006 starring carice van houten and sebastian koch on dvd and bluray. The theater company successfully sued zwartboeks production company fu works. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Thom hoffman, carice van houten, and sebastian koch in. Zwartboek is a dutchlanguage 2006 thriller novel by laurens abbink spaink. It brings back memories of her experiences in the netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. Rachel is asked by the leader of the resistancein this case a.
More of a glossy, titillating melodrama than a serious ww2 movie, but in that regard i liked it a hell of a lot more than tarantinos selfindulgent version of same. View black book 2007 photos, movie images, film stills and cast and crew photos on fandango. Movies black book zwartboek black book tells the moving story of a young jewish woman who joins the resistance in the hague and gets entangled in a deadly web of doubledealing and betrayal. The thrashing rarely lets up in black book, a film in which a jewish womans body is saved from the offcamera death camps, gas chambers and ovens to become a site of negotiation, a means. When axis forces take control of holland, rachels family are killed in a bombing raid while most of the citys jews are rounded up and sent to nazi death camps. Zwartboek could be the winner of the oscars for foreign movies next year as far as i am concerned.
Jul 24, 2010 black book verhoeven, hollandgermany, 2006 paul verhoevens masterful return to filmmaking in his native holland mimics the form of an oldfashioned hollywood melodrama in order to pose complex, troubling moral questions about wwii and the dutch resistance to the nazi occupation. They were no better than the french, as this movie portrays. Halina reijn at the photocall of zwartboek during the 63rd venice film festival. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the paul verhoevendirected movie via subscription can be confusing. Paul verhoeven at an event for black book 2006 carice van houten and. No other sex tube is more popular and features more skinny redhead teen scenes than pornhub. Its been a long time since director paul verhoeven robocop, starship troopers has directed a movie, a whopping nine years since black book my favorite title is the original dutch zwartboek. Black book by paul verhoeven carice van houten, sebastian. Zwartboek or black book stephc 09072010 1 in the middle of drafting the model t, stuffing dollies, and knitting a bit of lace, husband brought me home a dvd. I just love this movie so much that i watched it three times already and i only have it about three months now. Apr 19, 2007 in paul verhoevens latest film, black book zwartboek in the original dutch, almost no character is wholly good or evil, from the nazi officers occupying holland to the members of the dutch. As in basic instinct, a lovely lady takes the lead in black book, but this time paul.
Koch played a nazi officer in occupied holland who falls in love with a jewish member of the resistance carice van houten. High resolution official theatrical movie poster of for black book aka zwartboek image dimensions. Paul verhoevens movie black book zwartboek was also shot in 2006. Its the saturday after good friday, which explains why this column was delayed one day. Halina reijn and thom hoffman at the german premiere of black book. Apr 04, 2007 the thrashing rarely lets up in black book, a film in which a jewish womans body is saved from the offcamera death camps, gas chambers and ovens to become a site of negotiation, a means. I remember black book zwartboek being in english, but that may just be my imagination. He reveals that a scene where van houten is showered in human sewage had to be shot several times which she found highly annoying. The film had its millionth visitor on 12 january 2007. Verhoeven messes with our heads by exploring moral complexities that spielberg would be happier to sweep under the. Also a special credit for the german actor who plays general franken. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul verhoeven and starring carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, and halina reijn.
Filmmaker paul verhoeven returned to the netherlands after more than twenty years of success in hollywood to direct this epicscale war drama based on a true story. This past weekend at home, we came across a very popular dutch film called zwartboek or black book. Yearning to watch zwartboek in the comfort of your own home. It is is an epic thriller of great courage and fierce emotionplayed out against the. In this case, it is the 2006 dutch film black book directed by paul verhoeven basic instinct. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated.
In the darkest days of world war ii, a dutch resistance cell enlists a sexy spy carice van houten to go undercover inside a nazi stronghold where she discovers that the enemy is all too human. Black book presents a negative picture of dutch resistance to nazism during world war ii. Set during the end of wwii, black book is the story of a german jewish girl who narrowly survives the war in holland. Download black book 2006 zwartboek 1080p h 264 dual. After narrowly escaping death, young rachel rosenthal becomes part of the jewish resistance, assuming the. If the jews had listened to jesus, they wouldnt be in such a mess now.
Apr 04, 2007 black book, the first film verhoeven has made in the netherlands in two decades, is spoken in dutch, german, hebrew and english, and it lasts for 145 minutes. The story is beautiful and intense, the actors are awesome, especially carice van houten who is incredibly talented. The best holocaust movie ever made yes, my vote surely goes for this one. When axis forces take control of holland, rachels family are killed in a bombing raid while most of the. Rachel steinn carice van houten is a beautiful jewish woman living in germanoccupied holland during late 1944. The bbc is not responsible for the content of external websites. This is the raison detre of black book, a labor of love from paul verhoeven who worked on. Both films are approaching the final period of the second world war in a very different way from other films dealing with this war, the resistance, and the. Hiding from the nazis in 1944 holland, rachel stein carice van houten is working for a family out in the country. Filmmaker paul verhoeven returned to the netherlands after more than twenty years of success in hollywood to direct this epicscale war. Black book zwartboek trailer 2007 holland 1944 the final years of the second world war find the beautiful singer rachel stein carice van houten taking refuge with the tsjempkema family in rural holland. Black book celebrated its premiere at the venice film festival and the toronto international film festival.
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