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A REAL VERMEER

EEN ECHTE VERMEER

By Rudolf VAN DEN BERG

DRAKA DISTRIBUTION - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, ITALY

Drama - Completed 2016

Based on the true story of the dutch painter Han Van Meegeren, A Real Vermeer tells the story of the rebellious artist who was active on the artistic scene of Amsterdam in 1920 and who reached the fame as one of the most brilliant forger of all time.

- Year of production
- 2016
- Genres
- Drama, True Story, Romance
- Countries
- NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG
- Languages
- DUTCH
- Duration
- 114 mn
- Director(s)
- Rudolf VAN DEN BERG
- Cast
- Jeroen SPITZENBERGER, Lize FERYN, Roeland FERNHOUT
- Synopsis
- Young and talented Han van Meegeren is a rebel in the early 1920's Amsterdam art-scene. When he falls in love with the wife of an acknowledged art expert, his rival does everything to discredit his paintings as uninspired copies of Rembrandt and Vermeer. To prove his critic’s ignorance, he produces a fake Vermeer. But soon things develop a dynamic of their own and Han continues to make money of his forgeries. One day, high ranking Nazi Hermann Göring knocks on his door, looking for a Vermeer for his private collection...