Black book Zwartboek
(Blu-ray Video)

Originally produced as a Dutch motion picture in 2006.

Special features: Commentary with director Paul Verhoeven; the making of "Black Book".

"Special features are not rated and may not be subtitled or closed captioned"--Container.

Director of photography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub ; editors, Job ter Burg and James Herbert ; music, Anne Dudley.

Carice van Houten (Rachel/Ellis), Sebastian Koch (Ludwig Meuntze), Thom Hoffman (Hans Akkermans), Halina Reijn (Ronnie), Waldemar Kobus (Geunther Franken), Derek de Lint (Gerben Kuipers), Christian Berkel (General Keautner), Dolf de Vries (Notary Smaal), Peter Blok (Van Gein), Michiel Huisman (Rob).

Rachel is the daughter of an affluent Rotterdam Jewish family who are ambushed while trying to escape into Allied territory. She alone survives, and ends up in the Dutch Resistance, transformed into blond Ellis de Vries, playing Mata Hari to high-ranking German officer Ludwig Meuntze. The officer can feel the Allies closing in, and is eager to forge a separate peace with the resistance fighters who may soon become the Dutch government, and keeps her secret. Meanwhile, someone in the resistance is systematically undermining the operation and betraying escaping Jewish families. For Rachel and Meuntze alike, life in occupied Holland is terrifying. Expectations can be fatally reversed in seconds, and interlocking webs of secrecy and betrayal keep everyone always on edge.

MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence, graphic nudity, sexuality and language.

Blu-ray disc ; Regions A, B, C 1; Dolby Digital; 1080p high definition widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1. Special features: standard definition.

The Blu-ray disc will not play in a standard DVD player.

In Dutch with optional subtitles in French, English, or Spanish.

Winner, Golden Calf Award, Nederlands Film Festival, 2006 for Best Actress (Carice van Houten); Best Director (Paul V erhoeven); Best Film (San Fu Maltha)