Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The last Vermeer / Sony Pictures Classics and Imperative Entertainment present ; produced by Ryan Friedkin, Danny Friedkin, Bradley Thomas ; screenplay by James McGee and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby ; directed by Dan Friedkin.

Publisher, Date:

Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2021]

Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

A captivating dramatic thriller set just after WWII, an all but forgotten true story about a soldier, Joseph Piller, investigating renowned Dutch artist Han van Meegeren who is accused of conspiring with the Nazis. Despite increasing evidence, Piller becomes more and more convinced of Han's innocence and finds himself in the improbable position of fighting to save the life of the colorful man with a mysterious past.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; for some language, violence and nudity.

Subjects:

Piller, Jospeh -- Drama.

Meegeren, Han van, 1889-1947 -- Drama.

Nazis -- Drama.

Art dealers -- Drama.

Art forgers -- Drama.

Art treasures in war -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Drama.

Genre:

Biographical films.