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Nightwatching
Sign in to saveNightwatching is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his 1642 painting The Night Watch. The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels. Reinier van Brummelen is the director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director.
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6.2An 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.
Cast
- Martin Freeman as Rembrandt van Rijn
- Emily Holmes as Hendrickje
- Eva Birthistle as Saskia
- Jodhi May as Geertje
- Toby Jones as Gerard Dou
- Jonathan Holmes as Ferdinand Bol
Themes
- painter
- biography
- rembrandt
- drama
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
3,551 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Nightwatching
- Film.image
- Nightwatching_theatrical_poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical poster
- Film.director
- Peter Greenaway
- Film.producer
- Kees Kasander
- Film.writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Film.starring
- Martin FreemanEmily HolmesMichael TeigenChristopher Britton Eva BirthistleJodhi May
- Film.music
- Włodek Pawlik
- Film.cinematography
- Reinier van Brummelen
- Film.editing
- Karen Porter
- Film.distributor
- BAC Films (France)Axiom Films (United Kingdom)ContentFilm International (Overseas)
- Film.released
- (Venice Film Festival)
- Film.runtime
- 134 minutes
- Film.country
- CanadaFranceGermanyPolandNetherlandsUnited Kingdom
- Film.language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 855384
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- publication date
- 2007-09-06
- title
- Nightwatching
- review score
- 74%
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Nightwatching is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his 1642 painting The Night Watch. The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels. Reinier van Brummelen is the director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director.
The film is described by co-producer Jean Labadie as "a return to the Greenaway of ''The Draughtsman's Contract''." It features Greenaway's trademark neoclassical compositions and graphic sexuality. The music is by Włodek Pawlik. The film premiered in competition, at the Venice Film Festival.