Rembrandt
Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.
Plot
The film is set in mid 17th-century Amsterdam. Rembrandt's wife Saskia dies after a long illness. She was not only his great love, but also his only model. In his grief, he paints Saskia one last time before her image threatens to disappear forever. Shortly before her death, Rembrandt had received the commission for his famous painting The Night Watch from the civic militia of the city. However when the painting is unveiled, his clients cannot recognize themselves as the respectable gentlemen they are, and are furious, threatening not to pay. Rembrandt's apprentices leave, fearing social stigma, and he then gets drunk, along with his wife's maid Geertje, with whom he shares a mutual attraction.
Cast
- Abraham Sofaer
- Alexander Knox
- Allan Jeayes
- Austin Trevor
- Charles Laughton
- Edmund Willard
- Edward Chapman
- Elsa Lanchester
- Gertrude Lawrence
- Hay Petrie
- Henry Hewitt
- Herbert Lomas
- John Bryning
- John Clements
- Laurence Hanray
- Marius Goring
- Meinhart Maur
- Raymond Huntley
- Roger Livesey
- Sam Livesey
- Walter Hudd
- Wilfrid Hyde-White
More details
| author | Carl Zuckmayer Lajos Bíró |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Amsterdam |
| director | Alexander Korda |
| editor | Francis D. Lyon William Hornbeck |
| genre | historical |
| keywords | beg brokenhearted famous painting hard work how to married old man paint wed |
| musicBy | Geoffrey Toye |
| producer | Alexander Korda |
| productionCompany | London Film Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | biographical |