

Nightwatching
2007-11-02 · 135 min · ★ 6.2
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
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Production details
- Directors
- Peter Greenaway
- Production companies
- Aria Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Kasander Film Company, UK Film Council, Wales Creative IP Fund, Odeon Films, Netherland Filmfund, ContentFilm International, No Equal Entertainment, Rotterdams Fonds voor de Film en Audiovisuele Media, Gremi Film, Yeti Films
- Countries
- Canada, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Martin FreemanRembrandt van Rijn
Eva BirthistleSaskia
Jodhi MayGeertje
Toby JonesGerard Dou
Jonathan HolmesFerdinand Bol
Michael TeigenCarel Fabritius
Kevin McNultyEngelen
Agata BuzekTitia Uylenburgh
Natalie PressMarieke
Fiona O'ShaughnessyMarita
Matthew WalkerMatthias Van Der Meulen
Krzysztof PieczyńskiJacob de Roy
Jonathon YoungVisscher
Andrzej SewerynPiers Hasselburg
Maciej ZakościelnyEgremont
Chris BrittonRombout KempTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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