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Synopsis: Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied troops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmführer Ludwig Müntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence.
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Director(s): Paul Verhoeven
Production: Sony Picture Classics
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 13 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
R
Year:
2006
145 min
$4,339,526
Website
1,039 Views


The building plans of the SD office,

when it was still a bank.

Got it from a friend

Here I am.

I thought:

she's not coming back.

I lost track of time at home.

And then it was curfew and I had

to sneak my way in.

What do we have here?

How dumb do you think I am?

Suddenly a beautiful woman

comes into my life.

Later she comes to

my headquarters...

Then she accidentally has the

stamps I am looking for.

Then she coincidentally appears

to be jewish.

And as soon as she comes to work here..

Franken's best undercover man, gets killed.

Quite a coincedence don't you think?

Choice:
be silent

and I will hand you to Franken tomorrow.

Or you tell me everything now

Only if you put away that gun...

... and kiss me now.

I kissed you.

Now tell me.

Put away your jackets and

get to work.

Call all prisons and ask..

How many hostages they have...

You can stop at 40 pieces,

Delivery today.

Executions, will be tomorrow

morning at 06:
00

Those calls will not be necessary.

Lieutenant, open your safe.

Of course. What document

are you looking for?

None, you are under the suspicion of

robbing and killing rich jews.

There's nothing against that...

...but you are accused of

keeping their treasure to yourself.

By not handing over jewish property

to the empire...

... you risk court martial and the

death penalty. Open your safe.

At your order, general.

Empty it quickly.

And here?

Open it please.

From '39, when we started our campaign

Saved it for our victory.

Your Informant seems to

have been mistaken.

This person is always

well informed.

Not this time.

My apologies, Franken.

This is not the end of

this discussion.

-General...

Mntze is negotiating

with terrorists.

He promised them,

no more retaliation.

Even not for the murder of van Gein.

You negotiate?

With terrorists?

The resistance is willing to stop

and give in their weapons.

If we stop retaliating.

This is in violation of a Fhrer

order of the 4th of September.

Which stays in force!

-Why shed more blood?

Russians in Berlin.

That Champagne will never be drunk.

That is defeatism.

And negotiating with enemy

is high treason.

Police, arrest this man.

This means death penalty, Mntze.

And I will lead the firing squad.

Ready.

Hans, the papers

to get inside.

And the keys?

Duplicates.

From contractor Zutfenaar.

Who build the cells.

I let him choose: A bullet now,

or a medal after the war.

He gave'm gladly.

Gerben, what are you up to?

I will not let you go alone.

I decide that. You stay here.

-I can't stay here and do nothing.

I'm going to liberate 40 man.

It's your job to get them safely out of here.

Everybody has a job, that one is yours.

The keys.

Gerben.

You will get Tim back.

On my word of honour.

Why aren't you at your station?

Mntze go arrested.

Yes we heard.

-Good so the krauts are killing among themselves.

Get Mntze out.

-Over my dead body.

Get Mntze out, or

I'm out.

That leaves us no choice.

You really think this highly of this dick?

-Yes, I do.

Good. Take him.

Hi.

-Hey

Nice, a party.

Mntze being arrested doesn't

do you anything?

Where there is life, there is hope.

What hope, do we have left?

That the Tommy's will arrive.

Ellis, we're finished.

We worked for the krauts.

The families of the poor bastards that

Franken tortured will come here.

Or the resistance will kill us.

The resistance won't kill anyone.

Like you know.

Yes, I do.

So you know those guys?

Ellis.... What?

You're a spy.

Jesus. I had never

thought you would.

That's like Mata Hari, with Greta Garbo

Ladies, you are expected.

You go ahead, I'll join.

That Garbo, huh. She did die though.

Show me your papers.

Hostages and terrorists from Utrecht.

6 men, for the execution tomorrow.

Hostages.

Right.

Move along.

Open up.

You turn the van around.

Follow me.

Guus.

Ellis.

# ja, das ist meine Melodie

nach der ich singen muss

# nach der ich pfeifen muss

und tanzen muss, und springen muss

# die man beim ersten Ton versteht

weil sie jedem in die Beine geht

# ja, das ist eine Melodie

die mich so selig macht

# wenn ich sie hre,

hab ich immer an das GIck gedacht

# ach bitte sagt mir, liebt ihr sie

meine kleine Lieblingsmelodie

Go.

Mntze too?

-We promised Ellis.

Siem.

hi, come.

It's me, Maarten.

Maarten.

Hi Tim, old boy.

All together. Chorus.

Boys hurry up.

What's going on down there?

Nothing we can't handle.

Guards.

Tim.

Go.

-Joop.

What happened?

-Go, now.

Easy.

Hit it.

Ronnie, you help Kutner.

Ellis, come with me to write a report.

And?

A trap. Complete failure.

And Tim?

oh God.

Have a seat.

Ellis you did a great job.

I am

very satisfied.

Well of course, one does

what one can for the Fhrer.

Yes, but the result is above

all expectations.

It can't be true?

-God damn

They have been beautifully set up

with that coal hatch.

Like rats in cage.

You earned your money fair and square.

The b*tch tricked us.

What a dirty jewish trick.

See, you can't trust them.

-Silence.

Himmler can come down now.

You may do that dear.

We won't be needing this english toy now

anymore.

My dear Kuipers, Lieutenant Kuipers,

is saying goodbye to you now.

Ellis, one last word?

She laughs.

That b*tch laughs.

Good night and good watch.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Never bite more than you can chew, darling.

Tomorrow, firing squad, along side with

your Mntze.

Even if it's the last thing I can do:

That girl dies.

How can she do that, as a jew?

Who knows, under how much pressure she was.

-Still..

What if you had to chose between

a bullet or treason.

An explanation is not an excuse.

We kill the girl, no matter what.

Wherever, whenever.

Move along.

Empty, empty.

Here, come here.

Oh, no my beautiful dress.

Quickly a hanky.

That tickles.

That tickles.

Ssshhh...

Come.

Give me the gun.

Franken, will never catch us alive. Never.

Move along

Come, hurry up.

Everything in order again, Siegfried?

Yeah

Move along.

Make way!

-Not very friendly today are we.

Very diligent.

I'd never have thought.

Here you lazy, dry'em.

Cosy, huh?

I wish, it could stay like that forever.

It can, if we stay together.

Forever.

But not here in Holland.

They'll think I am a traitor.

They will look for me.

We'll have to straighten that out.

We know what the treason was like.

Optimist. Do you really think they'll

let you finish your talk as an SD-officer.

We have no other choice.

We interrupt this program for

the following announcement:

The german command has agreed to surrender...

... Of all german armed forces in Holland, the

north west of Germany and Denmark...

To the commander in chief of the 21st army.

The war is over, my love.

The war is gone.

This includes all the marine vessels.

For us it is merely starting.

I'd never thought to be afraid

of liberation.

Lieutenant Franken.

Lieutenant

Ropes away.

Did you set course?

-Yes.

In 6 hours, we'll be in Hamburg.

-Very good

- Have a look down below.

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Gerard Soeteman

Gerard Soeteman (born 1 July 1936 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch screenwriter. He worked together with Paul Verhoeven on several films, such as Turkish Delight and Black Book. He also wrote the screenplay for The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986. more…

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