Black Book 2006  R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Zwartboek
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries, Peter Blok, Michiel Huisman, Ronald Armbrust, Frank Lammers, Xander Straat, Johnny de Mol, Matthias Schoenaerts
Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) seeks help from the Dutch Resistance in Holland during World War II and manages to contact Mr. Smaal (Dolf de Vries) who helps Rachel, her family, and other refugees get access to a ferry heading to Belgium. But, Nazis take over the boat, and Rachel is the sole survivor. Alone in the world, she joins the Dutch Resistance and becomes the girlfriend of Gestapo chief Ludwig Muntze (Sebastian Koch). Leading this double life allows her to get an inside look into Gestapo headquarters where she learns that people and things are not always the way they seem to be.
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Valkrie 2008  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten, Thomas Kretschmann, Terence Stamp, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McNally, Tom Hollander, David Schofield, Kenneth Cranham, Christian Berkel, David Bamber, Ian McNeice
During World War II, Col. Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) was serving in the German army in Tunisia where he lost his left eye, right hand, and fingers of his left hand as a result of the Allied bombing. Claus has had enough of the Nazi regime and joins a movement plotting to kill Hitler (David Bamber) but still win the war. Now, he conspires with the military and government bigwigs (Kenneth Branagh, Terence Stamp, Bill Nighy, and Eddie Izzard) in smoke filled rooms to plot Hitler's demise.
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| 1. Black Book (2006)
aka: Zwartboek
2. Valkrie (2008)
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