
09/08/1999
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.

Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Rembrandt van Rijn

Romane Bohringer
as Hendrickje Stoffels

Jean Rochefort
as Nicolaes Tulp

Johanna ter Steege
as Saskia Uylenburgh

Olivier Brocheriou
as Marten Soolmans

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Jan Six

Caroline van Houten
as Geertje Direx

Richard Bohringer
as Le prêcheur

Franck de la Personne
as Hendrick Uylenburgh

Jacques Spiesser
as Joost Van den Vondel

Caroline Silhol
as Maria Tesselschade

Nick Palliser
as Constantin Huygens

François Delaive
as Govaert Flinck

Léonard Matton
as Titus Van Rijn

Aymeric Demarigny
as Carel Fabritius

Jean O'Cottrell
as Le notaire de Rembrandt

Jules Matton
as Titus Van Rijn (6 / 7 ans), Rembrandt enfance (8 ans)

Christian Chevreuse
as Harmen Becker

Guillaume Beaufort
as Le jeune poète

Björn Jung
as Samon Van Hoogstraten

Joël Barbouth
as Le conspirateur

Christopher Granier-Deferre
as Le secrétaire de Tulp Barleus

Denis Hecker
as Barleus

Emanuel Booz
as L'homme aux ventes

Patrick Boshart
as Le lépreux

Lou
as Le voleur de manteau

Béatrice Avoine
as Emylie

Annick Brard
as Alotte

César Chiffre
as Vagabond

Gerhard Fehn
as Bourgois Homme

Norbert Heisterkamp
as Le Marin

Thomas Huber
as

Helga Jeske
as Femme Baleine

Mathias Kniesbeck
as L'homme au teint rouge

Marja Kok
as Femme au Port

Manni Laudenbach
as Le nain tricheur

Pascale Lecussan
as Lysbeth

Georg Leumer
as Homme dans la rue

Volker Marek
as Homme Baleine

Marie-Claude Mestral
as Anna Wijmer

Hanna Obbeek
as Titus

Karin Palmieri
as Margaretha Tulp

Doris Plenert
as Bourgois femme

Hugo Alexander van Riet
as Vieil Homme au port

Dagmar Sachse
as La sage femme

Ludivine Sagnier
as Janeke

Pierre Siegenthaler
as L'huissier

Pascal Tréguy
as Animal Trainer

Sylvie Van Den Elsen
as Agatha

Pieter van der Sman
as Jeune Homme au port

Bob van Tol
as Magistrat 1
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