Pages in category zwartboek black book this category contains only the following page. In our earliest glimpse of rachel carice van houten, the jewish heroine of black book, she is being called for breakfast. It premiered in competition for the palme dor at the 2016 cannes film festival where it received critical acclaim. Paul verhoeven celebrity profile check out the latest paul verhoeven photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Black book is a 2006 dutch thriller film cowritten and directed by paul verhoeven and starring carice. Als extras gibt es ein interview mit paul verhoeven, sebastian koch, carice van. But verhoeven got his start in the industry by making films the acclaimed spetters and soldier of orange among them in his native country, and its to holland that he returns for black bookhis first dutch film in 20 years. Black book or zwartboek to give it its original dutch title is about the resistance movement in holland. Its clear that what i took from american filmmaking for black book, more than from my earlier dutch movies, is a very strong sense of dramatic, or compelling, or driving. Black book is verhoevens first new movie in six years, the studios apparently having grown tired of him.
Black book 145 mins, 15 directed by paul verhoeven. Jul 18, 2014 paul verhoeven has made some tremendous science fiction action films such as robocop, total recall and starship troopers. Sean axmaker paul verhoeven left hollywood and returned to holland to make black book 2006, a riveting world war ii resistance thriller with a runaway pace and a gripping sense of peril. Paul verhoevens first film in seven years to be released in america after. On another, it is a political statement on the cyclical nature of violence. On one level, it is a really good wwii era thriller. Black book by paul verhoeven carice van houten, sebastian. Black book is a 2006 film about a young jewish woman in the netherlands, trying to survive at the end of world war ii. Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. Black book zwartboek rolling stone music, film, tv. With black book he does a significant departure from that. Filmmaker paul verhoeven returned to the netherlands after more than twenty years of success in hollywood to direct this epicscale war. As in basic instinct, a lovely lady takes the lead in black book, but this time paul verhoeven has more than cheap thrills in mind.
Thom hoffman and carice van houten in black book, sony pictures classics, 2007 robocop. After 20 years of directing violent, sexually explicit and genuinely iconic movies in hollywood, paul verhoeven decided the only way hed be able to make more personal projects would be to return. 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. Carice van houten best known to american audiences as melisandre, the priestess witch of game of thrones is our heroine, a dutch jew in hiding who becomes an undercover agent sent by the resistance into the heart of. May, 2016 sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. Paul verhoeven left hollywood and returned to holland to make black book 2006, a riveting world war ii resistance thriller with a runaway pace and a gripping sense of peril. Rachel steinn carice van houten is a beautiful jewish woman living in germanoccupied holland during late 1944. Paul verhoeven has made some tremendous science fiction action films such as robocop, total recall and starship troopers. Countries belgium, germany, united kingdom, netherlands mpaa rating r. Black book is one of the most harrowing wwii stories every filmed, and deserves to be recognized in oscars best foreign film category at next years awards. During our research for soldier of orange and gone, gone, we gathered a lot of darker and shadowy material about the dutch resistance that we could never use.
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. Director paul verhoeven is a madman, embracing everything about movie movies, all the while skewering them within an inch of their life. Featured, bluray, dvd, foreign affairs, netflix 01242017 01242017 sean axmaker paul verhoeven left hollywood and returned to holland to make black book 2006, a riveting world war ii resistance thriller with a runaway pace and a gripping sense of peril. In the nazioccupied netherlands during world war ii, a jewish singer infiltrates the regional gestapo headquarters for the dutch resistance. This film would be verhoevens last dutch film production until the 2006 film black book. Paul verhoevens first film in seven years to be released in america after playing to blockbuster business overseas last year. When allied forces bomb the area, shes forced to flee. Zwartboek black book media in category zwartboek black book the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Paul verhoevens supremely vulgar romp black book takes off in september 1944. Media in category zwartboek black book the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. In paul verhoevens latest film, black book, sebastian koch plays ludwig muntze, head of the sd, one of the nazis military unit. Black book is a rowdy genre picture about the most grim of subject matters. Black book 2006 paul verhoeven cast and crew allmovie.
The film is verhoevens first feature since 2006s black book, and his first in the french language. Apr 04, 2007 paul verhoevens supremely vulgar romp black book takes off in september 1944. A war drama focusing on a jewish woman who infiltrates the nazi upper echelon occupying the netherlands in the early 1940s, the film finds verhoeven tempering some of his typical excess to present something as. Elle won the golden globe award for best foreign language film and critics choice movie award for best foreign language film. Verhoevens first dutch project in more than two decades. Filmmaking in the united states 19832000 gerard soeteman also wrote the script for verhoevens first englishlanguage film, flesh and blood 1985, which starred rutger hauer and jennifer jason leigh. Van houten is outstanding courageous and conflicted, bold and vulnerable, her emotions accessible through a simple gesture the tilt of her head, the slump. 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.
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. And on a third level, it is a giant middle finger to oscarbatory war films, exposing them as petty, melodramatic vulgarity. Paul verhoeven, left, with michiel huisman and carice van houten filming black book. A young jewish woman, the unsinkable rachel stein played with ferocious energy by the dutch actress. Starring a powerful carice van houten, paul verhoevens black book is a sometimes searing portrait of resistance and human spirit.
A continuing stream of movies set in germanoccupied. He is both deadly serious and an absolute prankster. Paul verhoevens black book on amazon prime video stream. A paul verhoeven retrospective peter sobczynski 20161108 a celebration of director paul verhoevens filmography in anticipation of an upcoming retrospective at the film society of lincoln center in nyc. A war drama focusing on a jewish woman who infiltrates the nazi upper echelon occupying the netherlands in the early 1940s, the film finds verhoeven tempering some of his typical excess to present something as grounded as it is harrowing. Paul verhoeven has been off the radar since around 2007, when his brash, brilliant world war ii thriller black book hit theaters.
Elle trailer matches paul verhoeven with isabelle huppert. He entered the royal netherlands navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the navy and later for tv. Her superiors order her to seduce a gestapo officer named ludwig sebastian koch. Paul verhoeven sat down with us recently to discuss his latest addition to the cinematic canon. Black book was a very old project that i and soeteman, who has written all of my dutch movies, had been holding onto since the 70s. This film would be verhoeven s last dutch film production until the 2006 film black book. Filmmaking in the united states 19832000 gerard soeteman also wrote the script for verhoeven s first englishlanguage film, flesh and blood 1985, which starred rutger hauer and jennifer jason leigh. Black book 2006 directed by paul verhoeven genres thriller, war subgenres resistance film, war drama release date apr 4, 2007 usa limited run time 145 min. Paul verhoeven s black book aka zwartboek is a world war ii thriller that still manages to surprise no small thing, considering how many like it have been made. Paul verhoevens black book on netflix stream on demand.
When he decides to side with the opposition to stop any further bloodshed, his life and the life of his lover, played by clarice van houten, are put in jeopardy. In 1969, he directed the popular dutch tv series, floris 1969, about a medieval knight. With carice van houten, sebastian koch, thom hoffman, halina reijn. Its true that, as many a wag has noted and verhoeven long ago confirmed, his great twin obsessions are hitler and jesus in perhaps that order. Zwartboek is a 2006 war drama thriller film cowritten and directed by paul verhoeven and starring carice van houten, sebastian koch. Jan 21, 2007 black book 145 mins, 15 directed by paul verhoeven. Rather like its director paul verhoeven it is glossy, loud, garish, flamboyant, sexy, slick and comes over somewhat superficial although im sure.
Paul verhoeven graduated from the university of leiden, with a degree in math and physics. 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. With black book he does a significant departure from that genre, and. Sadly it doesnt match up to the credentials of those former films in my humble opinion. Ellis is successful in her mission but soon finds herself falling in. Since then, and even before the release of that film, verhoeven. The last film verhoeven made in the netherlands before black book, almost a quarter century later, the prickly, deliberately nauseating, and decidedly polanskiesque the 4th man bears as a striking familial resemblance to basic instinct in more ways than one, with more subtle connections to such distant cousins as total recall and elle.