"Deception is a fine art."

2019

1h 58m

6.5(130 votes)

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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.

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20 members

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Guy Pearce

Han van Meegeren

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Claes Bang

Joseph Piller

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Vicky Krieps

Minna Holmberg

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Roland Møller

Esper Dekker

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August Diehl

Alex De Klerks

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Karl Johnson

Bernard Bakker

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Andrew Havill

Maarten Wooning

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Paul Bentall

Chief Judge

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Olivia Grant

Cootje Henning

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Adrian Scarborough

Dirk Hannema

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Marie Bach Hansen

Leez

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Tom Mulheron

Finn

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Cameron Jack

De Klerk's Henchman

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Susannah Doyle

Johana

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Richard Dillane

Colonel Jenkins

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Oliver Ryan

Jerome Heidjen

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Simon Paisley Day

Rienstra Van Stuyvesant

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Jamie Newall

Prison Clerk

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Pitou Gomes

Girl on Rubble

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Richard Newgass

Lecherous Nazi

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