Nightwatching (2007) on Netflix
R20072h 14mBiographyDramaHistory
Amsterdam, 1642. Rembrandt accepts a commission to paint the musketeer militia, pressed by his pregnant wife Saskia. Among the merchants playing at soldiers he finds evidence of a killing.
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Plot summary
Rembrandt lives in 1642 Amsterdam as a celebrated painter, with a pregnant wife, Saskia van Uylenburg. The musketeer regiment of Frans Banninck Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch wants a group portrait that will celebrate its civilian soldiers, so Rembrandt takes the commission. Behind the merchants' play at soldiering and their maneuvering for money and personal power lies a killing. Confident of a longed-for son and heir, he resolves to expose the men responsible and builds the charge into the painting itself, an allegory inside what was meant to be a prestigious commission for painter and regiment alike.
Cast
- Anja Atonowiczas Catharina (as Anna Antonowicz)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nightwatching (2007)
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- Nightwatching is the first feature in Peter Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters", and was followed by Goltzius and the Pelican Company.
