A Real Vermeer

Name: A Real Vermeer
Director: Rudolf van den Berg
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Released: 2016-11-03
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Jeroen Spitzenberger, Lize Feryn, Roeland Fernhout, Porgy Franssen, Dewi Reijs

Directed by Rudolf van den Berg

Romance

Drama

History

20161h 45m5.3

Overview

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...