In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
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Film Cast:

• Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries: Carice van Houten
• Ludwig Müntze: Sebastian Koch
• Hans Akkermans: Thom Hoffman
• Ronnie: Halina Reijn
• Günther Franken: Waldemar Kobus
• Joop: Matthias Schoenaerts
• Prison Guard with Baret: Theo Maassen
• Gerben Kuipers: Derek de Lint
• General Käutner: Christian Berkel
• Notary Wim Smaal: Dolf de Vries
• Van Gein: Peter Blok
• Rob: Michiel Huisman
• Tim Kuipers: Ronald Armbrust
• Kees: Frank Lammers
• Theo: Johnny de Mol
• Maarten: Xander Straat
• Mrs. Smaal: Diana Dobbelman
• Canadian Colonel: Timothy Deenihan
• British Intelligence Captain: Nolan Hemmings
• Ronnie’s Husband: Skip Goeree
• Mr. Tjepkema: Bert Luppes
• Mrs. Tjepkema: Marisa Van Eyle
• British General: Garrick Hagon
• Dutch SD in Train #1: Ronald de Bruin
• Dutch SD in Train #2: Menno van Beekum
• Henk: Marcel Musters
• Cas: Gijs Naber
• Herman: Pieter Tiddens
• Shock Trooper: Hugo Metsers

Film Crew:

• Music: Anne Dudley
• Casting: Job Gosschalk
• Casting: Risa Kes
• Director: Paul Verhoeven
• Director of Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
• Screenplay: Gerard Soeteman
• Art Direction: Roland de Groot
• Sound Effects Editor: James Boyle
• Supervising Art Director: Cornelia Ott
• Painter: Edgar Konkoll
• Leadman: Axel Kahnt
• Assistant Sound Editor: David Mackie
• Supervising Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
• Costume Design: Yan Tax
• Key Makeup Artist: Winnie Gallis
• Supervising Sound Editor: James Harrison
• Special Effects Supervisor: Harry Wiesenhaan
• Second Unit Director: Willem de Beukelaer
• Producer: Jens Meurer
• Producer: Jeroen Beker
• Production Executive: Tim Van Rellim
• Additional Casting: Anja Dihrberg
• Producer: Jos van der Linden
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Marc Felperlaan
• Production Executive: Sonja B. Zimmer
• ADR Recordist: Holger Lehmann
• Art Direction: Maarten Piersma
• Producer: Frans van Gestel
• Producer: San Fu Maltha
• Additional Hairstylist: Fieke Brokkelkamp
• Producer: Teun Hilte
• Editor: Job ter Burg
• Editor: James Herbert
• Casting: Matt Western
• Production Executive: Iwona Sellers
• Steadicam Operator: Jo Vermaercke
• Second Unit Director: Tim Oliehoek
• Sound Editor: Stuart Morton
• Special Effects Technician: Roland Goddijn
• Digital Intermediate: John Palmer
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Arjen Tuiten
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Hans van Helden
• ADR Recordist: Marcel Huibers
• Additional Editor: Jan Bosdriesz
• Extras Casting: Karin Van Duuren
• Publicist: Danielle Guirguis
• Casting: Hans Kemna
• Electrician: Rudger Faber
• Wardrobe Assistant: Martina Fehmer
• Supervising Dialogue Editor: Herman Pieëte
• Second Assistant Camera: Jan Moeskops
• Second Assistant “A” Camera: Ariel Castillo
• Electrician: Rolf Roodhart
• ADR Editor: Eckhard Blach
• Art Direction: Wilbert Van Dorp
• Costume Assistant: Sarah Touaibi
• Costume Supervisor: Dulcie Scott
• Casting: Galit Eshkol
• Foley Editor: Michael Fentum
• Dolby Consultant: James Seddon
• Costume Designer: Inbal Shuki
• Steadicam Operator: Sebastian Meuschel
• Sound Effects Editor: Mark Taylor
• Techno Crane Operator: Wouter Visser
• Foley Artist: Melissa Lake
• Key Makeup Artist: Dick Naastepad
• Production Manager: Kerstin Dyroff
• Production Manager: Marco Mangelli
• Production Manager: Lior Mordechai
• Art Department Coordinator: Eljo Embregts
• Assistant Art Director: Astrid Poeschke
• Assistant Art Director: Ehud Segev
• Property Master: Joke Geuze
• Property Master: Anne Marie Hilhorst
• Property Master: Hans Oosterhuis
• Property Master: Baruch Schwartz
• Property Master: Leo Zandvliet
• Scenic Artist: Wolfgang Wrede
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Nigel Bennett
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Govey
• Foley Artist: Paul Hanks
• Special Effects Coordinator: Rick Wiesenhaan
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Olaf Wendt
• Still Photographer: Jaap Vrenegoor
• Still Photographer: Ohad Romano
• Video Assist Operator: Tsvika Shahak
• Video Assist Operator: Christian Wehrle
• Gaffer: Erik Van Wouden
• Best Boy Electric: Joost Brouwer
• Location Manager: Stoffel Van Verrewegen
• Translator: Helga van Beuningen
• Location Manager: Tijn Heerkens
• Location Manager: Ruben Cardol
• Publicist: Maryl Adler
• Publicist: Jana Kohlmann
• Painter: Pablo Alza
• Rigging Gaffer: Ronald Schwarz
• First Assistant Director: Michiel Collenteur
• Foley Editor: Alex Joseph
• Digital Intermediate: Laurent Treherne
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Mike Dowson
• Construction Manager: Dierk Grahlow
• Key Grip: Daan Dillo
• Production Supervisor: Karin S. de Boer
• Continuity: Katja Sobrino
• Additional Hairstylist: Marly van de Wardt
• Second Unit Director of Photography: Erwin Roodhart
• Focus Puller: Bart van Otterdijk
• Wardrobe Master: Ton Hermans
• Boom Operator: Bas Lookman
• Foley Mixer: Phillip Barrett
• Focus Puller: Flip Bleekrode
• Wardrobe Assistant: Marielle Vos
• Production Sound Mixer: Georges Bossaers
• First Assistant Editor: Alastair Grimshaw
• Hairstylist: Ziv Katanov
• Makeup Artist: Esther Ben-Noon
• Wardrobe Assistant: Elianne van Dorp
• Props: Yoav Sinai
• Continuity: Els Rastelli
• Digital Intermediate: Matt Adams
• Additional Hairstylist: Roy Manukiley
• ADR Mixer: René Overhorst
• Set Dresser: Lorien Mouyal
• Assistant Editor: Niels Koopman
• Dolly Grip: Antoine Petiet
• Costume Assistant: Maggie Partington-Smith
• Painter: Domino Daugherty
• Makeup & Hair: Jacqueline Hoogendijk
• Electrician: Nils Dammers
• Best Boy Electrician: Edwin Bakker
• First Assistant Director: Marc van der Bijl
• Construction Manager: Lidewij Kapteijn
• Hairdresser: Patrick de Loor
• Set Dresser: Eyal Elhadad
• Wardrobe Assistant: Sabine Moojen
• Digital Intermediate: Timothy P. Jones
• Digital Intermediate: Emily Greenwood
• Second Assistant Director: Germain Meser
• Assistant Property Master: Hidde Niels
• Clapper Loader: Maarten Wolf
• Digital Colorist: Rob Pizzey
• Production Controller: Eva Neufahrt
• Construction Buyer: Steffi Kulse
• Second Assistant “A” Camera: Viviane Bendjus
• Set Dresser: Grit Kronacher
• Stunt Double: Heidi Alemans
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Vincent Geijsel
• First Assistant “A” Camera: Franz-Xaver Kringer
• Supervising Carpenter: André Brüggemann
• Extras Casting: Paul Keurvers
• Set Dresser: Florian Speidel
• Makeup & Hair: Lia van der Horst
• Stunt Driver: Lutz Schleisner
• Assistant Production Manager: Marianne Huibers
• Additional Hairstylist: Liesbeth de Boer
• Additional Hairstylist: Luc Heuckeroth
• Additional Hairstylist: Judith Looye
• Additional Hairstylist: Bella Scholten
• Assistant Costume Designer: Mishmish Uri
• Wardrobe Assistant: Lisa Spooren
• Wardrobe Assistant: Anne Rodermond
• Wardrobe Assistant: Iris Satijn
• Extras Casting: Saskia Wagenvoort
• Electrician: Glenn Bruijntjes
• Electrician: Joris Houben
• Electrician: Mark Huisman
• Electrician: Tom Northam
• Electrician: Justin Odenkamp
• Electrician: John Röder
• Electrician: Gregoor van de Kamp
• Focus Puller: Annabelle Handke
• Key Grip: Luc Hoeijmakers
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Ole Ziesemann
• Second Assistant Camera: Uri Montilya
• Second Assistant Director: Marije Hondelink
• Second Assistant Director: Kenzo Overbeeke
• Second Assistant Director: Melina Karpovich
• Assistant Art Director: Ido Narkis
• Assistant Property Master: Rick Stoorvogel
• Carpenter: Steffen Knecht
• Carpenter: Marc Murawski
• Carpenter: Gerald Zimmerman
• Painter: Joshua Black
• Painter: Henk Bouten
• Painter: Geert de Groot
• Painter: Katja Larcher
• Painter: Eduard Palardie
• Painter: Ernst Paradies
• Painter: Marieke Verhoeven
• Prop Maker: Marieke ten Berge
• Prop Maker: Dicky ten Berge
• Scenic Artist: Jan Verburg
• Set Dresser: Grit Kühnel
• Set Dresser: Steven van Couwelaar
• Swing: Anna Szymiec
• Swing: Paul Pince van der Aa
• Swing: Boris van der Meijden
• Supervising Carpenter: Michael Eifert
• Supervising Carpenter: Matthias Kulewatz
• Assistant Editor: James Devlin
• Special Effects Technician: William Croese
• Special Effects Technician: Robert Seepers
• Digital Intermediate: Michael Deming
• Digital Intermediate: John Hinchliffe
• Digital Intermediate: Tone Davies
• Digital Intermediate: John Taylor
• Dialogue Coach: Florian Hellwig
• Military Consultant: Bert van der Molen
• Production Accountant: Janina Bukowski
• Production Coordinator: Willemijn Zandbergen
• Production Coordinator: Jakob Schwarz
• Production Coordinator: Dorit Hessel
• Production Secretary: Avigail Dahan
• Production Secretary: Jessica van Hoorn
• Translator: Susan Massotty

Movie Reviews:

• Wuchak: _**Carice van Houten plays a spy working for the Dutch Resistance during WW2**_

  During the German occupation of Netherlands in WW2, a Jewess singer turned spy (Carice van Houten) gains access to the Gestapo headquarters to help the Dutch Resistance. Sebastian Koch plays a sympathetic German officer while Waldemar Kobus is on hand as the heavy. Thom Hoffman plays an agent for the Resistance.

  “Black Book” (2006), aka “Zwartboek,” is a Euro WW2 film by Paul Verhoeven that balances drama, action, intrigue, romance and suspense. It’s reminiscent of contemporaneous flicks like “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Valkyrie” (2008). It’s not great like the former, but it’s in the same league as the latter.

  Despite its length, the story movies along swiftly, albeit awkwardly on a couple occasions. Carice shines in the challenging key role and Koch is likable. There was one scene that I didn’t find convincing, but it was forgivable. Unfortunately there’s a twist in the last act involving a character that doesn’t gel with the character’s previous actions.

  The film runs 2 hours, 25 minutes, and was shot in the Netherlands with the bookend scenes filmed in Israel and studio work done in Brandenburg, Germany.

  GRADE: B-