Rembrandt (1936 film)

Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Bíró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye and the cinematography by Georges Périnal.

Contents

• Rembrandt 1936
• Cast
• Production
• References

Cast

Charles Laughton as Rembrandt van Rijn

Gertrude Lawrence as Geertje Dircx

Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels

Edward Chapman as Carel Fabritius

Walter Hudd as Frans Banning Cocq

Roger Livesey as Beggar Saul

John Bryning as Titus van Rijn

Sam Livesey as Auctioneer

Herbert Lomas as Gerrit van Rijn

Allan Jeayes as Dr. Tulp

John Clements as Govaert Flinck

Raymond Huntley as Ludwick

Abraham Sofaer as Dr. Menasseh

Laurence Hanray as Heertsbeeke

Austin Trevor as Marquis de Grand-Coeur

Edmund Willard as Van Zeeland

Leonard Sharp as Burgher at Auction

Production

Alexander Korda had previously worked with Laughton on the critically successful The Private Life of Henry VIII. Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester, has a role in the film as Hendrickje, Rembrandt's maid who also became his lover.