Peter Greenaway: The Belly of an Architect / Nightwatching

Peter Greenaway: The Belly of an Architect / Nightwatching (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
249 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1987-2007 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Peter Greenaway

Written By:
Peter Greenaway

Actors:
Brian Dennehy ..... Stourley Kracklite
Chloe Webb ..... Louisa Kracklite
Lambert Wilson ..... Caspasian Speckler
Sergio Fantoni ..... Io Speckler
Stefania Casini ..... Flavia Speckler
Vanni Corbellini ..... Frederico
Alfredo Varelli ..... Julio
Geoffrey Copleston ..... Caspetti
Francesco Carnelutti ..... Pastarri
Marino Masé ..... Trettorio
Marne Maitland ..... Battistino
Claudio Spadaro ..... Mori
Rate Furlan ..... Violinist
Julian Jenkins ..... Old Doctor
Enrica Maria Scrivano ..... Mother
Ricardo Ussani ..... Little Boy
Stefano Gragnani ..... The Nose Man
Andrea Prodan ..... Dr.Artuso Amansa
Fabio Sartor ..... Policeman
Martin Freeman ..... Rembrandt van Rijn
Emily Holmes ..... Hendrickje
Eva Birthistle ..... Saskia
Jodhi May ..... Geertje
Toby Jones ..... Gerard Dou
Jonathan Holmes ..... Ferdinand Bol
Michael Teigen ..... Carel Fabritius
Kevin McNulty ..... Hendrick Uylenburgh
Agata Buzek ..... Titia Uylenburgh
Natalie Press ..... Marieke
Fiona O'Shaughnessy ..... Marita
Reimer van Beek ..... Titus - newborn
Robert Zalecki ..... Titus - 4 months
Kacper Kasiecki ..... Titus - toddler
Anja Antonowicz ..... Catharina
Harry Ferrier ..... Carl Hasselburg
Matthew Walker ..... Matthias Van Der Meulen
Hugh Thomas ..... Jacob Jorisz
Krzysztof Pieczynski ..... Jacob de Roy
Jonathon Young ..... Visscher
Andrzej Seweryn ..... Piers Hasselburg
Maciej Zakoscielny ..... Egremont
Chris Britton ..... Rombout Kemp
Michael Culkin ..... Herman Wormskerck
Jochum ten Haaf ..... Jongkind
Gerard Plunkett ..... Engelen
Adrian Lukis ..... Frans Banning Cocq
Adam Kotz ..... Willem van Ruytenburgh
Rafal Mohr ..... Floris
Maciej Marczewski ..... Clement
Grazyna Barszczewska ..... Banning Cocq's Mother-in-law
Weronika Migon ..... Frau Hasselburg
Richard McCabe ..... Bloemfeldt
Robert J. Page ..... Actor on stage
Magdalena Gnatowska ..... Orphanage Governess Martha
Alicja Borkowska ..... Orphanage Governess Lotte
Dewi Rhys Williams ..... Martin Geyle

Synopsis:

The Belly of an Architect : An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibition for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures. Through the course of 9 months he becomes obsessed with his belly, suffers severe stomach pains, loses his wife, exhibition, his unborn child and finally his own life. Nightwatching: The year 1642 marks the turning point in the life of the famous Dutch painter, Rembrandt, turning him from a wealthy respected celebrity into a discredited pauper. At the insistence of his pregnant wife Saskia, Rembrandt has reluctantly agreed to paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that will later become to be known as The Nightwatch. He soon discovers that there is a conspiracy afoot with the Amsterdam merchants playing at soldiers maneuvering for financial advantage and personal power in, that time, the richest city in the Western World. Rembrandt stumbles on a foul murder. Confident in the birth of a longed-for son and heir, Rembrandt is determined to expose the conspiring murderers and builds his accusation meticulously in the form of the commissioned painting, uncovering the seamy and hypocritical side to Dutch Society in the Golden Age. Rembrandt's great good fortune turns. Saskia dies. Rembrandt reveals the accusation of murder in the painting and the conspirators plan revenge. They set out to discredit him at home and abroad. They plant a treacherous mistress, Geertje, to seduce him. They try to blind him. They plan his social and financial ruin, and to create the circumstances for his slide into penury, insult his young mistress Hendrickje, conspire to destroy his son, and bring Rembrandt to his knees. The bold and courageous painting of the Nightwatch, exceptional in aesthetics and content, is Rembrandt's most celebrated painting, it consolidated his reputation as a master-painter but it also destroyed him socially and financially.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 07 June, 2020.