Rembrandt (1936)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 25min
- Biography, Drama
- 25 Dec 1936 (USA)
- Movie
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
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| Charles Laughton | ... |
Rembrandt van Rijn
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| Gertrude Lawrence | ... |
Geertje Dirx
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| Elsa Lanchester | ... |
Hendrickje Stoffels
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| Edward Chapman | ... |
Fabrizius
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| Walter Hudd | ... |
Banning Cocq
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| Roger Livesey | ... |
Beggar Saul
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John Bryning | ... |
Titus
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| Sam Livesey | ... |
Auctioneer
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| Herbert Lomas | ... |
Gerrit van Rijn - Rembrandt's Father
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| Allan Jeayes | ... |
Doctor Tulp
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| John Clements | ... |
Flinck
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| Raymond Huntley | ... |
Ludwick
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| Abraham Sofaer | ... |
Menasseh
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| Lawrence Hanray | ... |
Heertsbeeke
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| Austin Trevor | ... |
Marquis de Grand Coeur
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Henry Hewitt | ... |
Jan Six
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Gertrude Musgrove | ... |
Agelintje - Girl at Inn
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Richard Gofe | ... |
Titus (child)
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| Basil Gill | ... |
Adrien van Rijn - Rembrandt's Brother
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Barry Livesey | ... |
Peasant Lad
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James Carney | ... |
Peasant Lad
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| Jack Livesey | ... |
Journeyman
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| John Turnbull | ... |
Minister
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| Edmund Willard | ... |
Van Zeeland
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Hector Abbas | ... |
Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
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| Evelyn Ankers | ... |
Party Girl (uncredited)
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Baroness Barany | ... |
Criada (uncredited)
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Lewis Broughton | ... |
Saskia's Brother (uncredited)
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| Arthur Burne | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Robin Burns | ... |
Tavern Patron (uncredited)
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Frederick Burtwell | ... |
Saskia's Brother (uncredited)
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Robert Cochran | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Rex Evans | ... |
Civil Guardsman (uncredited)
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William Fagan | ... |
Burgomaster (uncredited)
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Philip Godfrey | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Marius Goring | ... |
Baron Leivens (uncredited)
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| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... |
Civil Guardsman (uncredited)
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| Skelton Knaggs | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Alexander Knox | ... |
Ludwick's Assistant (uncredited)
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Peta Mannering | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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| Joan Matheson | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Meinhart Maur | ... |
Ornia (uncredited)
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Quinton McPherson | ... |
Official (uncredited)
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| George Merritt | ... |
Church Warden (uncredited)
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| Charles Paton | ... |
Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
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| Hay Petrie | ... |
Jeweller (uncredited)
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Bellenden Powell | ... |
Court Member (uncredited)
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George Pughe | ... |
Museum Director (uncredited)
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Jerrold Robertshaw | ... |
Museum Director (uncredited)
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| Leonard Sharp | ... |
Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
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| Bill Shine | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Laura Smithson | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Byron Webber | ... |
Court Member (uncredited)
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Roger Wellesley | ... |
Burgomaster's Secretary (uncredited)
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Pamela Wood | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Alexander Korda | ||
Written by
| Carl Zuckmayer | ... | (film play) |
| June Head | ... | (scenario) |
| Lajos Biró | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Alexander Korda | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Geoffrey Toye | ... | (musical score) |
Cinematography by
| Georges Périnal | ... | (photographed by) (as Georges Perinal) |
Editing by
| Francis D. Lyon | ... | (as Francis Lyon) |
Editorial Department
| William Hornbeck | ... | supervising editor |
Costume Design by
| John Armstrong | ... | (costumes designed by) |
| René Hubert | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
| Stuart Freeborn | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Geoffrey Boothby | ... | unit manager |
| David B. Cunynghame | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| John Pommer | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Vincent Korda | ... | settings designer |
| Hal Waller | ... | assistant art director (as H.M. Waller) |
Sound Department
| Sash Fisher | ... | sound recordist (as A. Fisher) |
| A.W. Watkins | ... | recording director |
| John W. Mitchell | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Ned Mann | ... | special effects director |
Visual Effects by
| W. Percy Day | ... | matte painter (uncredited) |
| Peter Ellenshaw | ... | assistant matte artist (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Robert Krasker | ... | camera operator |
Music Department
| Muir Mathieson | ... | musical director |
Additional Crew
| Johan de Meester | ... | technical advisor |
| Alexander Korda | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1936) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1936) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1936) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1937) (Norway) (theatrical)
- British Lion Film Corporation (1947) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Film Classics (1947) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Alexander Korda Films (1948) (United States) (tv)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- Nelson Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (1994) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (16mm print)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (VHS)
- Media Cooperation One (MC-One) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- StudioCanal (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Eclipse from the Criterion Collection (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Elephant Films (2012) (France) (video)
- Continental Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
- Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- WVG Medien (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid Hendrickje, whom he is unable to marry. Their relationship brings ostracism but also some measure of happiness. The final scenes find him in his last year, 1669: he is physically enfeebled but his spirit remains undimmed.
Written by Rod Crawford |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Sam Livesey, the father of three other actors in this movie--Roger Livesey, Barry Livesey, and Jack Livesey--died the day after this film was released in London. See more » |
| Goofs | When Rembrandt reveals the newly completed painting, 'The Night Watch', we see not the full, original version that he in fact painted, but the drastically butchered version that was made over 40 years after his death, when the painting was moved from its original exhibition space in the Kloveniersdoelen to a less capacious display space in the Amsterdam Town Hall in 1715. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco (1945). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Opening credits prologue: In the seventeenth century Holland was a world power, her ships carried treasure to Amsterdam from all parts of the earth. But her proudest glory was the son of a miller from Leyden, Rembrandt Van Rijn, the greatest painter that has ever lived. He died in obscurity, his belongings no more than a few shillings. Today no millionaire is worth the money the works of Rembrandt would realise, if ever offered for sale. See more » |
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Rembrandt van Rijn:
And of a sudden he knew that when one woman gives herself to you, you possess all women. Women of every age and race and kind, and more than that, the moon, the stars, all miracles and legends are yours. Brown-skinned girls who inflame your senses with their play, cool yellow-haired women who entice and escape you, gentle ones who serve you, slender ones who torment you, the mothers who bore and suckled you; all women whom God created out of the teeming fullness of the earth, are yours in the love of one woman. See more » |