A Real Vermeer

2016

Dutch

6.1

♡ 10

Rudolf van den Berg Director

Julia Cavuoto as Bredius's Student

Nilton Martins as Posh delivery man

Raymond Thiry as The Prosecutor

Viviane de Muynck as The Psychiatrist

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...