Black Book Trivias

When Rachel and Hans are on the train, power lines are visible when a shot showing the train passing is shown. These kind of power lines were not present during the WWII.When the underground people sit around the table listening to the two Nazis, Carice's cigarette goes from having a little piece of ash, to a long piece and back to a short piece again.Military officers Muntze and Franken are claimed to be SD (Sicherheitsdienst) officers, but in the film they are wearing SS (SchutzStaffel)-uniforms. SD-officers had their own uniforms.

This film is the official Netherlands entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 79th Academy Awards.When principal photography took longer than anticipated, Carice van Houten had to return to the production, while she was already scheduled to appear in a stage play. The theater company successfully sued Zwartboek's production company Fu Works for the delay of several months that was caused by van Houten's absence.

The movie was almost canceled in 2004, when many of the (foreign) companies that had promised to fund the movie, had not yet paid up. Production was abruptly green-lit again in the autumn of 2005, when the 16 million Euro budget was finally secured. This allowed the production team only a couple of months for principal photography.Director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Gerard Soeteman worked on the screenplay over a period of almost 20 years.