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Black Book
2006
· Movie
· 145 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1092
- IMDb #743
- Google retired #1294
- Rotten Tomatoes #1428
- Metacritic #1367
- Letterboxd #1028
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2257
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #916
- Metacritic Critics #1381
- Metacritic Audience #1450
- Criticker #578
- Kinopoisk #884
- AlloCiné #673
- Trakt #1375
Every rating
63–90
out of 100
A Jewish singer in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands escapes a raid that kills her family. She joins the Dutch resistance and is tasked with infiltrating the local Gestapo headquarters by seducing a high-ranking officer. Living a dangerous double life, she must use her intelligence and courage to gather information, while navigating a web of betrayal where trust is a luxury no one can afford.
Details
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Writers
- Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven
- Studio
- Fu Works, AVRO, VIP Medienfonds 4, Clockwork Pictures
- Released
- 14 September 2006
- Country
- Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Language
- Dutch, German, English, Hebrew
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $21.0M
- Box office
- $26.8M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 3 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2007 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Nominee |
| 20th European Film Awards 2007 | Best Actress | Carice van Houten | Nominee |
| 20th European Film Awards 2007 | Best European Film | Paul Verhoeven | Nominee |
| Golden Calf 2006 | Best Feature Film | San Fu Maltha | Winner |
| Golden Calf 2006 | Best Feature Film | Jeroen Beker | Winner |
| Platinum Film 2006 | Platinum Film | Winner |
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International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Kingdom of the Netherlands | Nominee |
Golden Calf
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Feature Film | San Fu Maltha | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Jeroen Beker | Winner |
Platinum Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Platinum Film | Winner |
20th European Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Carice van Houten | Nominee |
| Best European Film | Paul Verhoeven | Nominee |