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Mar 24, 2021 · The Last Vermeer — the first directorial outing for billionaire Dan Friedkin — recounts the fascinating story of the painting’s discovery, and exposure as a fake. Han van Meegeren, Christ ...
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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 Ostby.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 ...
May 29, 2021 · The Last Vermeer centers around the trial of Han Van Meegeren, widely considered the most successful forger of all time. After the capture of Hitler’s Nazi army, Dutch officials started arresting the Nazi sympathizers. Van Meegeren was charged with treason for selling valuable Vermeer paintings to German military leader, Hermann Göring.
Nov 10, 2020 · That’s how many prop paintings it took to make The Last Vermeer, the cheekily titled new film telling the true story of a (very) late “Vermeer” painted in 1942 by the notorious art forger ...
'The Last Vermeer,' a new film, showcases the artist behind a fake Vermeer that was bought by a top-ranking Nazi. ... It wasn’t an authentic Vermeer. The forgery, which fooled even the most well ...
Nov 20, 2020 · Pillar commits a wild act and Van Meegeren moves from villain to hero as the plot twists and turns. Sold to the Nazis: Moral ambiguities during wartime are at the heart of ‘The Last Vermeer ...
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Nov 20, 2020 · Art forgery intersects with the Nazis in The Last Vermeer, a fascinating fictional take on a real-life story. The film features a tour-de-force performance by Guy Pearce. While it takes liberties with history, it nevertheless brings an awareness of an amazing historical con artist to audiences.
