Zwartboek - Blackbook

It is late Summer in 1944, and when the hiding place of beautiful Jewish singer Rachel Steinn is accidentally bombed by warplanes, she decides to join a group of Jewish refugees to make an escape into liberated Allied territory.

The boat they are escaping on is intercepted by a German patrol and all the refugees are savagely murdered with only Rachel escaping the hideous carnage.

She joins the Resistance taking the name Ellis de Vries and manages to befriend a high ranking German SD officer called Möntze. He becomes besotted with her and offers her a job. The intrigue deepens further when a plan by the Resistance - which involves Ellis - to rescue some of their imprisoned comrades goes horribly wrong because of a terrible betrayal. Ellis is accused of treachery by both the Resistance and the Germans. Accompanied by Möntze, she again goes into hiding where they wait together for the war to end. But the end of the war and liberation doesn't give Ellis the freedom she longs for. 'Every survivor is guilty one way or another'.

Shortlist Academy Awards 2007
BAFTA nomination 'Best non English Film' 2007
Rembrandt Award 'Best Dutch Film 2007'
Rembrandt Award 'Best Dutch Actress 2007'
Venice Film Festival 'Best International Film' 2007
Austin Film Critics Asscociation 'Best Foreign Film' 2007
Dutch Film Festival 'Golden Film' 2006
Dutch Film Festival 'Platina Film' 2007
Dutch Film Festival 'Diamant Film' 2007
Golden Calf 'Best Feature Film' 2007
Golden Calf 'Best Director' 2007
Golden Calf 'Best Actress' 2007
Net 2 'Best Dutch Film of all Times' 2009 Website