Rembrandt (1936 film)
Rembrandt | |
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Directed by | Alexander Korda |
Written by | June Head Lajos Bíró Carl Zuckmayer (story) |
Produced by | Alexander Korda |
Starring | Charles Laughton Gertrude Lawrence Elsa Lanchester Edward Chapman |
Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
Edited by | Francis D. Lyon William Hornbeck (sup) |
Music by | Geoffrey Toye |
Distributed by | London Film Productions United Artists |
Release dates | 6 November 1936 (UK) 25 December 1936 (US) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.
Cast
- Charles Laughton as Rembrandt van Rijn
- Gertrude Lawrence as Geertje Dircx
- Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels
- Edward Chapman as Carel Fabritius
- Walter Hudd as Frans Banning Cocq
- Roger Livesey as Beggar Saul
- John Bryning as Titus van Rijn
- Sam Livesey as Auctioneer
- Herbert Lomas as Gerrit van Rijn
- Allan Jeayes as Dr. Tulp
- John Clements as Govaert Flinck
- Raymond Huntley as Ludwick
- Abraham Sofaer as Dr. Menasseh
- Laurence Hanray as Heertsbeeke
- Austin Trevor as Marquis de Grand-Coeur
- Edmund Willard as Van Zeeland
- Leonard Sharp as Burgher at Auction
Production
Alexander Korda had previously worked with Laughton on the critically successful The Private Life of Henry VIII. Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester, has a role in the film as Hendrickje, Rembrandt's maid who also became his lover.
References
Bibliography
- Jerry Vermilye The Great British Films, Citadel Press, 1978, pp 32–35 ISBN 0-8065-0661-X
External links
Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1930s historical films
- Biographical films about artists
- British black-and-white films
- British biographical films
- British historical films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Alexander Korda
- Films based on works by Carl Zuckmayer
- London Films films
- Films set in the 17th century
- Films set in Amsterdam
- Films produced by Alexander Korda
- 1930s biographical films
- Cultural depictions of Rembrandt
- Biographical film stubs