1999-08-09
103 mins
The Plot
This French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist. Soon after establishing his career as a painter in Amsterdam, he marries the radiant Saskia. As he makes a name for himself, he can soon afford to buy a large house by teaching wealthy aristocrats how to paint. However, the couple's happiness is short-lived; Saskia dies soon after bearing their son, Titus. Crushed, van Rijn seeks comfort first in the arms of his maid Geertje and then with his second wife, Hendrickje, who gives birth to a daughter. In spite of his genius, van Rijn's determinedly eccentric behavior alienates the very members of the elite who were paying his bills. At one point, the artist's home and belongings, including many of his paintings, are seized and sold for humiliatingly low prices in a rigged auction.
Cast and Crew
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Rembrandt van Rijn
Romane Bohringer
Hendrickje Stoffels
Jean Rochefort
Nicolaes Tulp
Johanna ter Steege
Saskia Uylenburgh
Olivier Brocheriou
Marten Soolmans
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Jan Six
Caroline van Houten
Geertje Direx
Richard Bohringer
Le prêcheur
Franck de la Personne
Hendrick Uylenburgh
Jacques Spiesser
Joost Van den Vondel
Caroline Silhol
Maria Tesselschade
Nick Palliser
Constantin Huygens
François Delaive
Govaert Flinck
Léonard Matton
Titus Van Rijn
Aymeric Demarigny
Carel Fabritius
Jean O'Cottrell
Le notaire de Rembrandt
Jules Matton
Titus Van Rijn (6 / 7 ans), Rembrandt enfance (8 ans)
Christian Chevreuse
Harmen Becker
Guillaume Beaufort
Le jeune poète
Björn Jung
Samon Van Hoogstraten
Joël Barbouth
Le conspirateur
Christopher Granier-Deferre
Le secrétaire de Tulp Barleus
Denis Hecker
Barleus
Emanuel Booz
L'homme aux ventes
Patrick Boshart
Le lépreux
Lou
Le voleur de manteau
Béatrice Avoine
Emylie
Annick Brard
Alotte
César Chiffre
Vagabond
Gerhard Fehn
Bourgois Homme
Norbert Heisterkamp
Le Marin
Thomas Huber
Helga Jeske
Femme Baleine
Mathias Kniesbeck
L'homme au teint rouge
Marja Kok
Femme au Port
Manni Laudenbach
Le nain tricheur
Pascale Lecussan
Lysbeth
Georg Leumer
Homme dans la rue
Volker Marek
Homme Baleine
Marie-Claude Mestral
Anna Wijmer
Hanna Obbeek
Titus
Karin Palmieri
Margaretha Tulp
Doris Plenert
Bourgois femme
Hugo Alexander van Riet
Vieil Homme au port
Dagmar Sachse
La sage femme
Ludivine Sagnier
Janeke
Pierre Siegenthaler
L'huissier
Pascal Tréguy
Animal Trainer
Sylvie Van Den Elsen
Agatha
Pieter van der Sman
Jeune Homme au port
