Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the rights to Paul Verhoeven's World War II drama, Black Book.

The film made headlines during this year's Toronto Film Festival because of scenes including the Jewish female lead character graphically dyeing her pubic hair blonde to infiltrate the Nazi party as a member of the resistance, captors dumping a vat of dung on her and several ribald sexual encounters, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Black Book has no official release date in the US.

Black Book was released April 4th, 2007 and stars Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Derek de Lint, Christian Berkel, Dolf de Vries. The film is directed by Paul Verhoeven.