Black Book

(aka Zwartboek)

Apollo Score:

Readers' Rating: 75/100

Summary

With this Second World War-set film, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven returned to Europe to make a film for the first time in more than two decades. The story concerns a Jewish singer who infiltrates the Gestapo in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

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2006
Netherlands, Belgium, UK
146 minutes
Studio/distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Rated R for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language.

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Its failings are substantial, yet the fact that it’s overblown and incredible doesn’t entirely outweigh the fact that it’s also exciting, fascinating, sexy, and thrilling. - Brian Webster

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