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Directed by | Alexander Korda |
Produced by | Alexander Korda |
Written by | June Head Lajos Bíró Carl Zuckmayer (story) |
Starring |
Charles Laughton Gertrude Lawrence Elsa Lanchester Edward Chapman |
Music by | Geoffrey Toye |
Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
Edited by |
Francis D. Lyon William Hornbeck (sup) |
Distributed by |
London Film Productions United Artists |
Release date
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6 November 1936 (UK) 25 December 1936 (US) |
Running time
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85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.
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.