A Real Vermeer

(2016)

★ 5.3 IMDb · 21 votes

Genres: Romance, Drama, History

Year: 2016

Runtime: 115 мин

Country: Belgium, Luxembourg

Director: Rudolf van den Berg

Cast: Ерун Шпиценбергер, Lize Feryn, Roeland Fernhout, Porgy Franssen, Dewi Reijs, Mingus Dagelet, Raymond Thiry, Claude Humbert, Viviane de Muynck

Plot

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...