Nightwatching
Sep 06 2007
•2h 15m
•Drama, History
An 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
See allMartin Freeman
Rembrandt van Rijn
Emily Holmes
Hendrickje
Eva Birthistle
Saskia
Jodhi May
Geertje
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