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- BFI identifier724025
- Date2007 (Copyright)
2010-03-26 (Release) - Production countryNetherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, Poland
- Production companyNightwatching BV, Nightwatching Productions Inc., Wales Creative IP Fund, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej, Gremi Film Production, Netherlands Film Fund, Rotterdam Film Fund, Media Plus, Government of Canada, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program, British Columbia Film, Film Finances Ltd, UK Film Council New Cinema Fund, ContentFilm International, UK Film Council, No Equal Entertainment, Odeon Films, Yeti Films
- SynopsisAn account of how Rembrandt's group portrait in 1642 of the Militia Company of Amsterdam Musketeers, known as 'The Nightwatch', led to the painter's social and financial downfall, as he unravelled a conspiracy to murder. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget reported as $7,500,000 (estimated). Filming locations include: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Towy Valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Wroclaw Studios, Wroclaw, Poland (interiors) Wroclaw, Lower Silesia, Poland Some footage later used in Greenaway's 2008 documentary 'Rembrandt's J'accuse' (qv).
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- CreditsDirected by: Peter Greenaway
©: Nightwatching BV
Production Company: Nightwatching Productions Inc.
view all - CastMartin Freeman (Rembrandt van Rijn)
Emily Holmes (Hendrickje Stoeffels)
Jodhi May (Geertje)
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Title
Nightwatching (Original)
Rembrandt's J'Accuse (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/F3D5-A89B-E70F-E4A8-C628-RCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
DVD - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Screenplay by Peter Greenaway: Greenway update (1 Sept. 2006) (With cuts from Kees indicated). - S20573
Night Watching - publicity postcards - Two publicity postcards c. 2007 - EPH-1-92
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view all - ArticlesSight and Sound v20 n4 April 2010 - Credits, Review, SynopsisVertigo v4 n1 Winter 2008 - InterviewCineforum n469 November 2007 - ReviewScreen International n1549 19 May 2006 - Short ArticleScreen Finance v19 n18 4 Oct 2006 - Articleview all
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Work - 724025 - 2007 (Copyright)
Netherlands - Film - Fiction
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