Charles Laughton, Edward Chapman, Elsa Lanchester

In 1642 Holland, master painter Rembrandt van Rijn (Charles Laughton) enjoys a rich life as a well-known artist at the height of his fame. But with the sudden death of his beloved wife -- the model fo...( read more  read more... )r many of his paintings -- Rembrandt's work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends even his most loyal patrons. Bankrupt and bereft, he finds comfort in the arms of pretty servant Hendrickje Stoffels (Elsa Lanchester) in this first-rate biopic.

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Unrated, 90 min.

Directed by: Alexander Korda

Release Date: December 25, 1936

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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001

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  • February 25, 2009
    I found this film intriguing for its rather unconventional nature in conveying itself as a biographical film. Not a film concerned with epic drama of the rise and fall but more on the dimensions of his life. It really depicts Rembrandt in a way that made it humane, it displayed h...( read more)im as a man and we see how the various nuanced but important fundamental emotions were felt more tenderly and strikingly by him and which then conveyed back to his work.
  • July 9, 2008
    nominated for best foreign film by NBR (two years in a row actually)
  • July 3, 2008
    Está buena, aunque me parece que le falatn algunos detalles interesantes de la vida de Rembrandt.
  • January 23, 2007
    this movie's fuckin' weird 0.o
    sex, painting and dead people.
    these are the 3 words to describe it.
  • December 10, 2006
    Pretty bad, pretty terrible, pretty horrible. Do I need to say anymore then that?
  • December 9, 2006
    Yeah, i'd like to see this, i think!

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