Nightwatching

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Nightwatching

"Murder, Conspiracy and the Masterpiece that Revealed the Truth"

2007

2h 15m

6.4(72 votes)

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Overview

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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39 members

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Martin Freeman

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Emily Holmes

Hendrickje

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Eva Birthistle

Saskia

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Jodhi May

Geertje

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Toby Jones

Gerard Dou

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Jonathan Holmes

Ferdinand Bol

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Michael Teigen

Carel Fabritius

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Kevin McNulty

Engelen

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Agata Buzek

Titia Uylenburgh

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Natalie Press

Marieke

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Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Marita

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Anja Atonowicz

Catharina (as Anna Antonowicz)

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Harry Ferrier

Carl Hasselburg

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Matthew Walker

Matthias Van Der Meulen

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Hugh Thomas

Jacob Jorisz

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Krzysztof Pieczyński

Jacob de Roy

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Jonathon Young

Visscher

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Andrzej Seweryn

Piers Hasselburg

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Maciej Zakościelny

Egremont

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Chris Britton

Rombout Kemp

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Michael Culkin

Herman Wormskerck

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Jochum ten Haaf

Jongkind

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Gerard Plunkett

Engelan

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Adrian Lukis

Frans Banning Cocq

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Adam Kotz

Willem van Ruytenburgh

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Rafał Mohr

Floris

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Maciej Marczewski

Clement

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Weronika Migoń

Frau Hasselburg

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Richard McCabe

Bloefeldt

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Robert J. Page

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Magdalena Gnatowska

Orphanage Governess Martha

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Alicja Borkowska

Orphanage Governess Lotte

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Dewi Rhys Williams

Martin Geyle

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Magdalena Smalara

Ineke

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Aleksandra Lemba

Ispidie

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André Schneider

The Model

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Lorna Rose Harris

Petra

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Mateusz Kościukiewicz

Herman Ooster

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Grażyna Barszczewska

Banning Coq's Mother-in-Law

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