Movie #2025 ........................."The Black Book" (Dvd)

 Movie #2025 "The Black Book" (DVD) was recommended to me because I like WW2 stories, and although I liked the twists and turns in this one, I thought it was way too violent for me to watch.  And I have seen better Holocaust films on the same subject --- and actually read a few for more books on female spies in the same time period (like "Alice's Network" and "the Huntress"), so I just found this okay.  One major reason I find Holocaust films inspiring, is the ingenuity or creativity and stamina that is shown though all the ordeals, and usually there is some succeeding, even if not physically, there is the mentally.  In all but maybe one situation in this film, there's failure --- one after another after another.  So for those reasons, I would not recommend this one --- I'd give it a 3 out of 5.  It was passable.

BLACK BOOK     2006      Rated R         2 hours and 25  mins

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

Director:

 Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

 Gerard Soeteman, Paul Verhoeven

Stars:

 Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman