Nightwatching (2007)

Directors

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May, Toby Jones, Michael Teigen, Christopher Britton, Agata Buzek, Gerard Plunkett, Natalie Press, Hugh Thomas, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Kevin McNulty, Richard McCabe, Adrian Lukis, Adam Kotz, Jonathan Holmes, Harry Ferrier, Michael Culkin, André Schneider

The story

thumb|The Night Watch by Rembrandt, the subject of the film The film is centred on the creation of The Night Watch, Rembrandt's most famous work, depicting civilian militiamen who wanted to be celebrated in a group portrait. The film posits a conspiracy to murder within the musketeer regiment of Frans Banninck Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, and suggests that Rembrandt may have immortalized a conspiracy theory using subtle allegory in his group portrait of the regiment, subverting what was to have been a highly prestigious commission for both painter and subject. The film also depicts Rembrandt's personal life, and suggests he suffered…

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