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of multiple paintings by Vermeer that were discovered throughout the 1930s and used the profits from his discovery to funds a rich lifestyle which further grew through his cooperation with the Nazis, which he claims to be a front as he detests them in private. He finally claims that the recovered Vermeer was a fake and provides Piller with several people who could prove his case, raising doubts on Piller's part about Han's guilt. Sometime later, the Allied forces leave the Netherlands and leave Piller unable to prevent De Klerks from taking custody of Han, who faces the
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espionage network. However, after encountering a group of Dutch authorities led by De Klerks who want to take full custody of Han, Piller, who fears that Van Meegeren would either be allowed to escape or be subjected to a wholesale postwar witch-hunt of collaborators, transfers Han to a safehouse and
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At his trial, Han insists that he had forged the artworks being used as evidence against him and points out that he had painted Piller in his canvas, but the prosecution, aided by art critics who had initially authenticated the paintings, convince the judges to convict Han. Immediately after Han is
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As Piller interrogates Han over the painting's sale, Han successfully demands that he be supplied with materials to produce a canvas as evidence and explains throughout his custody his origins. After his paintings were negatively received by art critics before the war, he proceeded to be the source
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Piller, now working as a laborer, is visited by his secretary Minna, who tells him that a portrait by Vermeer that was supposedly discovered by Han looks similar to his lover Cootje. Returning to the now-abandoned safehouse, Piller finds Han's unfinished canvas, which turns out to be the same
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sentenced to death, Piller arranges for Dekker to cause a disturbance in the courtroom as a distraction and splashes acid on one of the paintings, revealing Han's signature. Han's conviction is overturned, and he is greeted as a hero by the public.
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painting that was recovered from the Nazis. Convinced that Han is telling the truth, Piller agrees to defend Han in court and learns that he was able to forge multiple works of art using
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had been cast in film's lead roles. Principal photography for the film was underway by April 2018, taking place in the United Kingdom and Holland. On May 22, 2018, filming took place at
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Days later, De Klerks visits Piller and presents him with a book recovered from the safehouse that contained a dedication by Han addressed to
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acquired distribution rights to the film. It was scheduled to be released on May 22, 2020, but was pulled due to the
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of 56 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by
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on August 31, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 20, 2020, by
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On April 25, 2018, it was announced that Imperative Entertainment had begun production on
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derives diverting drama from its historically inspired wartime story." On
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prevents De Klerks and his men from entering, citing Allied protection.
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The film made $ 1,225,000 from 1912 theaters in its opening weekend.
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Alongside the film's initial announcement, it was confirmed that
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At the end of the Second World War, Captain Joseph Piller is a
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Theatrical release poster with original distributor
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Dan Friedkin
John Orloff
Mark Fergus
Hawk Ostby
Jonathan Lopez
Bradley Thomas
Guy Pearce
Claes Bang
Remi Adefarasin
Johan Söderqvist
TriStar Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing
Telluride
drama film
Dan Friedkin
John Orloff
pen name
Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby
Jonathan Lopez
Han van Meegeren
Guy Pearce
Nazis
Dutch Resistance
Claes Bang
Telluride Film Festival
Sony Pictures Releasing
Dutch Jew
Canadian military administration
resistance

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