A Real Vermeer
Released: November 3, 2016Runtime: 105 minLanguage: NL
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...
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Jeroen Spitzenberger
as Han van Meegeren
Lize Feryn
as Jólanka Lakatos
Roeland Fernhout
as Theo van der Pas
Porgy Franssen
as Abraham Bredius
Mingus Dagelet
as Jac van Meegeren
Dewi Reijs
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Raymond Thiry
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Hans Croiset
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Viviane De Muynck
as The Psychiatrist
Claude Humbert
as Hermann Goering
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