Rembrandt (1936 film)

Rembrandt is a British feature film about the life of the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn from the year 1936.

Action

The film takes place in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Rembrandt's wife Saskia died. She was not only his love but also his only model. In his grief, he paints one last time Saskia before her image in danger of disappearing forever for him. Shortly after her death, Rembrandt receives the order for his famous painting The Night Watch. But the client can not recognize in this image and are incensed. Rembrandt gets drunk then.

Ten years later, Rembrandt is heavily in debt. His belongings were sold, but its debts are still overwhelming. Rembrandt meets a beggar who initially is for him an image of King Saul model and then teaches him begging. But Rembrandt has no talent for begging. Finally Rembrandt flees from the debt and his new partner Geertje Dirx from Amsterdam to Leyden, where he comes under his father and his brother, lead a mill. But the hard work is not for the sensitive artist. He returns, where he met Hendrickje Stoffels and finally comes to rest after the death of Saskia. It will be a new model and he wants to marry her. In the country he thinks he can paint in peace and live with Hendrickje. Hendrickje also finds a way to escape the debt. She explains all of his images as their property, so that the creditors can not get Rembrandt money as soon as he sold a picture. So they can return and get married to Amsterdam. But the wedding is no longer relevant, since Hendrickje died.

Years later, Rembrandt 's an old man who drinks and in greater poverty lives than in younger years. He lives on the charity of friends that he's in color, to work on his last work, a self-portrait.

Background

Rembrandt the beginning should be a series of films about famous painters. But Alexander Korda turned then no other painter film since the artistically ambitious film at the box office did not have the hoped-for success.

Reviews

  • Lexicon of international film: Dramatic sketches from the life of Dutch painter. Atmospheric and photographed by Charles Laughton with captivating vitality played historical milieu and character study.
  • Reclams Movie Guide: Korda tried here ... apparently the great success of his film "The private life of Henry VIII " to repeat. This did not succeed completely, probably because he had to give up the ironic distance and the usual Schauspielergepränge here. But a prestige success was the carefully staged movie yet. It is interesting to attempt to apply the technique of the painter Rembrandt on the image design of the film.

DVD Release

  • Rembrandt. Ascot Elite Home Entertainment GmbH 2006
1936 in film Screenplay Carl Zuckmayer Film score
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