A Real Vermeer
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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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Cast
9 people
Jeroen Spitzenberger
Han van Meegeren
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Lize Feryn
Jolanka Lakatos
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Roeland Fernhout
Theo
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Porgy Franssen
Abraham Bredius
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Dewi Reijs
Anna van Meegeren
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Jac van Meegeren
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Nemesis
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Raymond Thiry
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Claude Humbert
Hermann Göring
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Rudolf van den Berg Director · Goert Giltay Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $93K · Budget $4.7M · First release November 3, 2016
Box office
Budget
$4,700,000
Worldwide gross
$92,906
Production
Rinkel Film
Production
Fu Works
Production
Cadenza Films
Production
Living Stone
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Tarantula
Production
Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Een echte Vermeer
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · November 3, 2016
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
September 23, 2021 · Digital · Cinema Virtual
Japan
October 4, 2018 · Digital
Netherlands
March 30, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Russia
March 8, 2018 · Theatrical
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