A Real Vermeer

A film by Rudolf van den Berg, 2016
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Genre: Biopic, History

Languages: Dutch

Subtitles: French or English

Sound: 5.1

Running time: 105 min

Countries: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium

Year: 2016

SYNOPSIS

Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920’s Amsterdam art-scene. Because he paints in the style of his idols Rembrandt and Vermeer, critics find his work old-fashioned and they call him a copycat. Just to prove a point, he produces a fake Vermeer and tries to pass it off as a real one. It works. Instead of revealing the truth and thereby embarrassing the art world, he continues to make money off of his many forgeries. Soon he is caught in a web of lies and deceit, and his life spins out of control. Then, one day, high ranking Nazi Hermann Göring knocks on his door, looking for a Vermeer for his private collection…