A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.
Acting
Guy Pearce's deliciously theatrical van Meegeren steals every frame.
Production
Gorgeous recreation of 1940s Amsterdam and those Vermeer forgeries.
Director
Dan Friedkin
Guy Pearce
Han van Meegeren
Claes Bang
Joseph Piller
Vicky Krieps
Minna Holmberg
Roland Møller
Esper Dekker
August Diehl
Alex De Klerks
Karl Johnson
Bernard Bakker
Andrew Havill
Maarten Wooning
Paul Bentall
Chief Judge
Olivia Grant
Cootje Henning
Adrian Scarborough
Dirk Hannema
Marie Bach Hansen
Leez
Tom Mulheron
Finn
Cameron Jack
De Klerk's Henchman
Susannah Doyle
Johana
Richard Dillane
Colonel Jenkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Van Meegeren's actual trial transcript was used verbatim for several courtroom scenes. The man really did sign his fakes in the witness box to prove they were his.
The film subtly mirrors van Meegeren's technique: it lures you with a Nazi-hunting procedural, then pivots to ask whether the forger was actually a patriot destroying Hitler from within.
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