The Last Vermeer (2019)

Directed by

Dan Friedkin

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 141 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Dutch resistance fighter investigates an art dealer who sold a forged Vermeer to the Nazis. The art dealer claims he acted as a patriot by tricking the enemy, blurring the line between crime and heroism.

suspensefulcleverhistoricaltensebittersweetcerebralmorally complexdeliberate

What happens

The Last Vermeer is a 2019 American drama film directed by Dan Friedkin from a screenplay by John Orloff (under the pen name James McGee), Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby. It is based on the 2008 book The Man Who Made Vermeers by Jonathan Lopez, and tells the story of Han van Meegeren (played by Guy Pearce), an art maker who swindles millions of dollars from the Nazis, alongside Dutch Resistance fighter Joseph Piller (Claes Bang). The film had its worldwide release at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 20, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing through the TriStar Pictures label. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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