1 00:00:12,862 --> 00:00:18,801 REMBRANDT 2 00:02:10,846 --> 00:02:12,780 Nobody in? 3 00:02:12,848 --> 00:02:15,783 - Shop! - Coming! 4 00:02:17,853 --> 00:02:20,788 - Good morning, Master Rembrandt. - Morning. 5 00:02:20,856 --> 00:02:22,790 Gentlemen, what can I do for you? 6 00:02:22,858 --> 00:02:25,793 I'll have some colours, golden bronze, yellow ochre, bull's blood. 7 00:02:25,861 --> 00:02:28,796 Don't be stubborn. You must paint the officers of the Civic Guard. 8 00:02:28,864 --> 00:02:30,798 Think of what they'll pay! 9 00:02:30,866 --> 00:02:32,800 I don't like their faces. 10 00:02:32,868 --> 00:02:35,803 Now leave me alone. I'm busy painting Saskia. 11 00:02:35,871 --> 00:02:39,807 Ultramarine, cobalt blue and mixed vermilion. 12 00:02:40,876 --> 00:02:42,810 Rembrandt, how is Saskia? 13 00:02:42,878 --> 00:02:44,812 Saskia is very well. 14 00:02:45,881 --> 00:02:48,816 - Where's your flemish green? - On your rigth. 15 00:02:48,884 --> 00:02:51,819 She's in a very delicate state of health, Rembrandt. 16 00:02:51,887 --> 00:02:54,754 Saskia's never been better in her life. 17 00:02:55,824 --> 00:02:57,758 - What's this? - A new brew. 18 00:02:57,826 --> 00:02:59,760 A french painter invented it. 19 00:03:01,830 --> 00:03:03,764 I'll have some of this. 20 00:03:05,834 --> 00:03:07,768 Lovely flowers, master. 21 00:03:07,836 --> 00:03:10,771 Take them to my wife. You know my house in the Jodenbreestraat? 22 00:03:10,839 --> 00:03:12,773 Yes, master. How many bunches? 23 00:03:12,841 --> 00:03:15,776 - Take the lot. - I know. The whole barrow. 24 00:03:15,844 --> 00:03:18,779 My lucky day. 25 00:03:18,847 --> 00:03:21,782 - Etching needles? - Try the english needles. 26 00:03:21,850 --> 00:03:24,785 I think I will. What about brushes? 27 00:03:24,853 --> 00:03:27,788 - Here. - Master Rembrandt, look. 28 00:03:28,857 --> 00:03:31,792 - What have you got there? - Perfect italian craftsmanship. 29 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:33,794 A real work of art. 30 00:03:33,862 --> 00:03:36,797 I've been looking for something like this for a long time. 31 00:03:36,865 --> 00:03:39,800 I'll paint Saskia wearing this. 32 00:03:39,868 --> 00:03:40,800 I'll have it. 33 00:03:40,869 --> 00:03:43,804 5,000 florins, Master. 34 00:03:43,872 --> 00:03:46,807 My agent will see about that. 35 00:03:46,875 --> 00:03:49,810 It's not worth more than 3,000 florins. It's madness, Rembrandt. 36 00:03:49,878 --> 00:03:52,848 You'd have to paint something out-of-the-ordinary to pay for that. 37 00:03:52,848 --> 00:03:55,749 You'll have to paint the officers of the Civic Guard. 38 00:03:55,818 --> 00:03:58,753 All right, I'll paint the officers of the Civic Guard. 39 00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:07,762 The red fire of the rubies on the whiteness of Saskia's neck. 40 00:04:08,831 --> 00:04:10,765 The goddess Flora. 41 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:13,768 Saskia needs every consideration. 42 00:04:14,837 --> 00:04:16,771 Saskia has every consideration, doctor. 43 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,774 She only gets up when I come home to sit for the picture. 44 00:04:26,849 --> 00:04:28,783 Titus, you must come now. 45 00:04:30,853 --> 00:04:32,787 Your mother has to rest. 46 00:04:32,855 --> 00:04:34,789 She has to sleep for an hour. 47 00:04:34,857 --> 00:04:36,791 Your father will be here presently. 48 00:04:36,859 --> 00:04:39,794 She has to put on a pretty dress and fresh and well. 49 00:04:39,862 --> 00:04:41,796 Your father's going to paint her. 50 00:04:42,865 --> 00:04:44,799 - Say good-bye. - Good-bye. 51 00:04:45,868 --> 00:04:47,802 Come along. 52 00:04:53,809 --> 00:04:56,744 - The master will be home in an hour. - Which will it be? 53 00:04:56,812 --> 00:04:59,747 The brocade dress with purple flowers... 54 00:04:59,815 --> 00:05:01,749 the gold shoes, the lace shawl, gold hair ornament... 55 00:05:01,817 --> 00:05:03,751 and net and the jewel box. 56 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:07,755 If the lady Saskia doesn't call in an hour, go and waken her. 57 00:05:12,828 --> 00:05:14,762 You're a fool, Rembrandt. 58 00:05:17,833 --> 00:05:18,765 Rembrandt. 59 00:05:29,845 --> 00:05:32,780 You promised our picture would be next. Let's go and settle it. 60 00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:37,785 Come on. You can paint Saskia another day. Come on. 61 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:47,795 This is the new pupil. Show him what to do. 62 00:05:52,835 --> 00:05:54,735 How much does your father pay for your? 63 00:05:54,803 --> 00:05:56,737 25 florins a month. 64 00:05:56,805 --> 00:05:59,740 Yes. It's a lot of money. We pay the same. 65 00:05:59,808 --> 00:06:01,742 If our fathers paid everything they had, it wouldn't... 66 00:06:01,810 --> 00:06:03,744 be enough for half an hour of his teaching. 67 00:06:04,813 --> 00:06:06,747 He'll be here any minute now. 68 00:06:06,815 --> 00:06:07,747 Run along! 69 00:06:07,816 --> 00:06:10,751 - How's Saskia? - She's all right. She's sleeping. 70 00:06:10,819 --> 00:06:12,753 - When he comes in, will she get upset? - Certainly she will. 71 00:06:12,821 --> 00:06:15,756 She's not to do it. He must be told. He doesn't know ill she is. 72 00:06:15,824 --> 00:06:18,759 - We must get a doctor. - I won't have a doctor in the house. 73 00:06:18,827 --> 00:06:20,761 - I won't have his life upset. - Then I'll tell him. 74 00:06:20,829 --> 00:06:22,763 If you say a word... 75 00:06:25,834 --> 00:06:26,766 The lady Saskia. 76 00:06:27,836 --> 00:06:29,770 - Well, what is it? - I don't know. 77 00:06:29,838 --> 00:06:31,772 - Should I get Dr. Tulp? - Yes. 78 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:33,774 You better get Dr. Menasseh as well. 79 00:06:41,850 --> 00:06:46,787 Gentlemen, to the greatest painter of our age, Rembrandt Van Rijn! 80 00:06:47,856 --> 00:06:49,790 He ought to pay us for letting him paint... 81 00:06:49,858 --> 00:06:51,792 such a handsome lot of fellows. 82 00:06:52,861 --> 00:06:55,796 Master Rembrandt is never in need of models. 83 00:06:55,864 --> 00:06:59,800 Yes, He is. He can't paint his wife all the time. 84 00:07:00,869 --> 00:07:04,805 How cold a man want to paint his wife after 7 years of marriage? 85 00:07:09,878 --> 00:07:11,812 There was a man in the lanf of Oars and the... 86 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,814 Lord gave him all that the heart could desire. 87 00:07:13,882 --> 00:07:17,818 But beyond all this man was in love with his wife. 88 00:07:17,886 --> 00:07:19,820 He must have had a secret. 89 00:07:19,888 --> 00:07:20,820 He had. 90 00:07:20,889 --> 00:07:22,823 I'd like to know it. 91 00:07:23,892 --> 00:07:25,826 He had a vision once. 92 00:07:26,895 --> 00:07:29,830 A creature half child, half woman. 93 00:07:29,898 --> 00:07:32,833 Half angel, half lover brushed against him. 94 00:07:32,901 --> 00:07:34,835 All of a sudden he knew that when... 95 00:07:34,903 --> 00:07:36,837 one woman gives herself to you... 96 00:07:36,905 --> 00:07:39,840 you possess all women. 97 00:07:39,908 --> 00:07:43,844 Women of every age and race and kind... 98 00:07:43,912 --> 00:07:46,847 and more than that, the moon, the stars. 99 00:07:46,915 --> 00:07:49,850 All miracles and legends are yours. 100 00:07:49,918 --> 00:07:52,888 The brown-skinned girls who enflame... 101 00:07:52,888 --> 00:07:55,789 your senses with their play... 102 00:07:55,858 --> 00:08:00,795 the cool, yellow-haired women who entice and escape you... 103 00:08:01,864 --> 00:08:03,798 the gentle ones who serve you... 104 00:08:03,866 --> 00:08:06,801 slender ones torment you... 105 00:08:07,870 --> 00:08:09,804 the mothers who bore and suckled you... 106 00:08:09,872 --> 00:08:11,806 all women whom God created out of... 107 00:08:11,874 --> 00:08:13,808 the teeming fullness of the Earth... 108 00:08:13,876 --> 00:08:15,810 are yours in the love of one woman. 109 00:08:15,878 --> 00:08:17,812 How? 110 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,815 Throw a purple garment lightly over her shoulders. 111 00:08:20,883 --> 00:08:23,818 And she becomes the queen of Sheba. 112 00:08:23,886 --> 00:08:27,822 Lay your tousled head blindly upon her breast... 113 00:08:27,890 --> 00:08:31,826 and she is a Delilah, waiting to enthral you. 114 00:08:31,894 --> 00:08:37,833 Take her garments from her strip the last veil from her body... 115 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,835 and she's a chaste Susanna... 116 00:08:40,903 --> 00:08:44,839 covering her nakedness with fluttering hands. 117 00:08:44,907 --> 00:08:49,844 Gaze upon her as you would gaze upon a thousand strange women... 118 00:08:49,912 --> 00:08:51,846 but never call her yours. 119 00:08:51,914 --> 00:08:55,782 For her secrets are inexhaustible, you'll never know them all. 120 00:08:56,852 --> 00:08:59,787 Call her by one name only. 121 00:09:01,857 --> 00:09:03,791 I call her Saskia. 122 00:09:09,865 --> 00:09:11,799 Master Rembrandt, come at once. 123 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:13,801 Lady Saskia. 124 00:09:13,869 --> 00:09:15,803 Lady Saskia is... 125 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:21,809 The doctors should be there by now. 126 00:09:21,877 --> 00:09:24,812 They ought to have been sent for long ago, but I don't think... 127 00:09:27,883 --> 00:09:29,817 it's to late yet. There's nothing to worry about. Really! 128 00:10:06,855 --> 00:10:08,789 Where is Rembrandt? 129 00:10:08,857 --> 00:10:10,791 Is he deliberately trying to insult his guest? 130 00:10:10,859 --> 00:10:12,793 It is an insult. 131 00:10:12,861 --> 00:10:14,795 Have you ever heard of a man who refused... 132 00:10:14,863 --> 00:10:16,797 to be present at his own wife's funeral feast? 133 00:10:16,865 --> 00:10:18,799 - Where is him? - Do you suppose he's in his studio? 134 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:21,802 Is this a proper time for him to be working... 135 00:10:21,870 --> 00:10:24,805 with the funeral chimes still ringing in his ears? 136 00:10:34,883 --> 00:10:36,817 The equerry to the Prince of Orange. 137 00:10:36,885 --> 00:10:38,819 I'm going to fetch him. 138 00:11:04,846 --> 00:11:06,780 You see, she's wearing a new necklace. 139 00:11:09,851 --> 00:11:12,786 I can still see her. Soon it will fade. 140 00:11:12,854 --> 00:11:15,789 It will be as lost to me as her body is lost to the grave. 141 00:11:15,857 --> 00:11:17,791 I haven't got much time. 142 00:11:32,874 --> 00:11:36,810 I have the honor, sir, in the name of his highness, the Prince... 143 00:11:36,878 --> 00:11:38,812 to convey to you the deepest sympathy of the... 144 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:40,814 house of Orange in your sad bereavement. 145 00:11:44,886 --> 00:11:46,820 Did you say something to me? 146 00:11:49,891 --> 00:11:53,759 I have the honor, sir, in the name of his highness, the Prince... 147 00:11:53,829 --> 00:11:55,763 to convey to you the deepest sympathy of the... 148 00:11:55,831 --> 00:11:57,765 house of Orange in your sad bereavement. 149 00:11:57,833 --> 00:11:59,767 Thank you. 150 00:12:39,875 --> 00:12:40,807 Finished. 151 00:12:45,881 --> 00:12:47,815 Yes, it's a great moment. 152 00:12:47,883 --> 00:12:49,817 No greater and no less than when... 153 00:12:49,885 --> 00:12:51,819 a shoemaker finishes a pair of shoes. 154 00:12:56,825 --> 00:12:58,759 - Yes, it's a great picture. - Yes. 155 00:12:58,827 --> 00:13:02,763 The greatest, the longest, the largest, and the darkest. 156 00:13:02,831 --> 00:13:06,767 - They'll jump out of their boots. - They'll go down on their knees. 157 00:13:10,839 --> 00:13:13,774 Run along now. Guest will be here presently. 158 00:13:20,849 --> 00:13:23,784 My lord burgomaster, ladies and gentlemen... 159 00:13:23,852 --> 00:13:26,787 this is a memorable day in the history of the Civic Guard. 160 00:13:26,855 --> 00:13:30,791 In the name of their lordships, I request you to unveil... 161 00:13:30,859 --> 00:13:33,794 Rembrandt Van Rijn's masterpiece. 162 00:14:45,867 --> 00:14:47,801 That helmet might be mine. 163 00:14:47,869 --> 00:14:49,803 No, it must be those legs. 164 00:14:49,871 --> 00:14:52,841 A fine fair of legs for all that money? 165 00:14:52,841 --> 00:14:54,741 He's given banning Cocq a clubbed foot. 166 00:14:54,809 --> 00:14:57,744 - Rombout kemp a hunchback. - Where? 167 00:14:57,812 --> 00:15:00,747 Is that supposed to be me, that grinning ape? 168 00:15:01,816 --> 00:15:03,750 What do you think of the picture. 169 00:15:04,819 --> 00:15:06,753 No evasion. What do you think of it? 170 00:15:06,821 --> 00:15:08,755 I can't say. I don't understand it. 171 00:15:08,823 --> 00:15:11,758 - I can't see anything in it. - You can't see anything? 172 00:15:11,826 --> 00:15:14,761 I can't see nothing but shadows, darkness, and confusion. 173 00:15:14,829 --> 00:15:18,765 You surely don't expect us to take this as serious art. 174 00:15:18,833 --> 00:15:22,769 Something's got to be done. They're making fun of it. 175 00:15:22,837 --> 00:15:25,772 Can't you hear them? It's no good twiddling your moustache. 176 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,775 They say they won't pay. They say you must paint a fresh picture. 177 00:15:28,843 --> 00:15:32,779 What did you think you were doing? It's beyond a joke. 178 00:15:34,849 --> 00:15:36,783 - I agree with you, it is. - Go on, say something to them. 179 00:15:39,854 --> 00:15:41,788 You're not suggesting that I should apologize? 180 00:15:41,856 --> 00:15:44,791 I'm asking you to save the situation. 181 00:15:44,859 --> 00:15:46,793 Think of what's at stake. 182 00:15:47,862 --> 00:15:49,796 Save the situation? 183 00:15:51,866 --> 00:15:53,731 All rigth. 184 00:15:57,806 --> 00:15:59,740 Capitain Banning Cocq. 185 00:16:03,812 --> 00:16:05,746 You have something to say me? 186 00:16:07,816 --> 00:16:10,751 You undertook to paint the portraits of 16... 187 00:16:10,819 --> 00:16:13,754 of my officers at 200 florins a head. 188 00:16:13,822 --> 00:16:16,757 Of 16, only 6 are recognisable. 189 00:16:16,825 --> 00:16:18,759 Surely, you can't expect the remaining... 190 00:16:18,827 --> 00:16:20,761 10 to pay for portraits that don't exist. 191 00:16:20,829 --> 00:16:23,764 10 of these gentlemen have nothing to pay. 192 00:16:24,833 --> 00:16:25,765 Is there anything else? 193 00:16:27,836 --> 00:16:29,770 Yes, there is something else. 194 00:16:29,838 --> 00:16:31,772 You undertook to paint a good satisfactory... 195 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,774 picture of our mess room. 196 00:16:33,842 --> 00:16:36,777 But this thing is a monstrosity. 197 00:16:36,845 --> 00:16:38,779 Look at it for yourself. 198 00:16:38,847 --> 00:16:40,781 Is that supposed to represent... 199 00:16:40,849 --> 00:16:42,783 the officers of the noble Civic Guard... 200 00:16:42,851 --> 00:16:44,785 a collection of gentlemen? 201 00:16:44,853 --> 00:16:47,788 Do those look like gentlemen of rank and position? 202 00:16:47,856 --> 00:16:50,791 I wasn't trying to paint gentlemen... 203 00:16:50,859 --> 00:16:53,794 of rank and position. I wanted to paint men. 204 00:16:53,862 --> 00:16:55,796 Soldiers. 205 00:16:55,864 --> 00:16:57,798 A company marching out. 206 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:04,805 Gentlemen of rank and position, indeed. 207 00:17:07,876 --> 00:17:10,811 Here's your gentlemen of rank and what's underneath it. 208 00:17:10,879 --> 00:17:13,814 And this, and this, and this! 209 00:17:13,882 --> 00:17:17,818 Your nose is painted by bad liquor. 210 00:17:17,886 --> 00:17:21,822 Your mouth is reeking with bawdy kisses. 211 00:17:21,890 --> 00:17:25,826 Vanity and stupidity are written all over your face. 212 00:17:25,894 --> 00:17:28,829 The only pretty thing about you are... 213 00:17:28,897 --> 00:17:30,831 your ruffs and breastplates! 214 00:17:30,899 --> 00:17:33,834 And the only distinguished thing about you are your hats! 215 00:17:42,911 --> 00:17:46,847 - How many people are coming? - How many? You'll see them. 216 00:17:46,915 --> 00:17:49,850 I'll teach you to answer me like that when I speak to you. 217 00:17:49,918 --> 00:17:51,852 When the master comes, you'll be sent packing. 218 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,785 - I am packing. - You just wait. 219 00:17:53,855 --> 00:17:55,789 I've waited long enough. 220 00:17:55,857 --> 00:17:59,793 25 florins a month to a master who is the laughingstock of the town. 221 00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:01,795 - That's a lie. - I'm leaving him. 222 00:18:01,863 --> 00:18:03,797 You can wait and hear what I've got to say to him. 223 00:18:06,868 --> 00:18:07,800 Where are the guests? 224 00:18:07,869 --> 00:18:10,804 Aren't we guests enough for your fine dinner? 225 00:18:10,872 --> 00:18:13,807 - You've got something to say to me? - No, sir. 226 00:18:13,875 --> 00:18:15,809 Wasn't it something about 25 florins is too much... 227 00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:18,812 who's been derided by the whole town? 228 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,814 No, sir. 229 00:18:21,883 --> 00:18:23,817 I ought to know something about faces. 230 00:18:24,886 --> 00:18:27,821 - But, I might be mistaken. - Yes, sir. 231 00:18:27,889 --> 00:18:29,823 But you're going to leave me... 232 00:18:29,891 --> 00:18:32,826 you'll go to a better master. You'll be rich and successful. 233 00:18:34,896 --> 00:18:36,830 I want dinner. 234 00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:45,839 Get out, all of you. 235 00:18:54,849 --> 00:18:56,783 Not very cheerful tonight. 236 00:18:58,853 --> 00:19:00,787 This will put new life into you. 237 00:19:06,861 --> 00:19:07,793 Good health! 238 00:19:14,869 --> 00:19:18,805 Dutchman's mother's milk, the staff of life in a stone bottle. 239 00:19:18,873 --> 00:19:20,807 Now I'll show you how we drink you how... 240 00:19:20,875 --> 00:19:22,809 we drink it in Leyden, where I come from. 241 00:19:34,889 --> 00:19:35,821 Come on! 242 00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:39,826 Get your glass and come on. 243 00:19:43,898 --> 00:19:45,832 Look at him. 244 00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:47,834 Flinck! 245 00:19:47,902 --> 00:19:50,837 Get up, you drunken swine. 246 00:19:54,842 --> 00:19:56,776 You're a good lad, Fabrizius. 247 00:20:00,848 --> 00:20:03,783 You're good, too, Dirxie. 248 00:20:09,857 --> 00:20:13,793 You're a good lad. And you leave me for a better master. 249 00:20:13,861 --> 00:20:16,796 I'll never leave you, master. 250 00:20:16,864 --> 00:20:18,798 For a better master, I said. 251 00:20:19,867 --> 00:20:21,801 But, you're the greatest. 252 00:20:28,876 --> 00:20:31,811 Every man has a destined path. 253 00:20:31,879 --> 00:20:34,814 If it leads him into the wilderness, he's got to... 254 00:20:34,882 --> 00:20:37,817 follow it with his head high and a smile on his lips. 255 00:20:37,885 --> 00:20:40,820 But you are following the right path, master. 256 00:20:40,888 --> 00:20:42,822 You've known success. 257 00:20:43,891 --> 00:20:45,825 What is success? 258 00:20:47,895 --> 00:20:51,831 A soldier can reckon his success in victories... 259 00:20:51,899 --> 00:20:53,764 the merchant in money. 260 00:20:53,835 --> 00:20:56,770 But my world is insubstantial. 261 00:21:01,843 --> 00:21:06,780 I live in a beautiful, blinding, swirling mist. 262 00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:10,784 The world can offer me nothing. 263 00:21:10,852 --> 00:21:13,787 What I need is a woman I can call my wife. 264 00:24:19,841 --> 00:24:22,776 No good. Most of them are his own work, they won't fetch anything. 265 00:24:22,844 --> 00:24:24,778 Here's a Rubens sketch. 266 00:24:24,846 --> 00:24:26,780 A bit of antique sculpture. 267 00:24:26,848 --> 00:24:29,783 Those glasses and beakers they're genuine. 268 00:24:29,851 --> 00:24:32,786 And now the jewels. The jewels. The casket. 269 00:24:32,854 --> 00:24:34,788 The jewels. The casket. 270 00:24:35,857 --> 00:24:37,791 Very well. 271 00:24:40,862 --> 00:24:41,794 Come on. 272 00:24:41,863 --> 00:24:43,797 Lot of vultures! 273 00:24:43,865 --> 00:24:46,800 Here's some daylight for you so you can see what you're getting. 274 00:24:49,871 --> 00:24:53,739 You take everything anybody's got left in the world. 275 00:24:53,808 --> 00:24:55,742 The jewels! The casket! 276 00:24:56,811 --> 00:24:57,743 There it is. 277 00:25:06,821 --> 00:25:08,755 - Where are the jewels? - We've eaten them. 278 00:25:08,823 --> 00:25:10,757 How do suppose we've managed to live? 279 00:25:12,827 --> 00:25:14,761 What are you doing here? 280 00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:17,764 - Get out! - Keep calm, young gentleman. 281 00:25:17,832 --> 00:25:20,767 They're here on business. You wouldn't understand. 282 00:25:20,835 --> 00:25:22,769 No! I want to know what's going on. 283 00:25:22,837 --> 00:25:24,771 Show him the distraint order. 284 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,775 The distraint order of the court of Bankruptcy. 285 00:25:31,846 --> 00:25:34,781 - You see, your father owes money. - He'll pay it. 286 00:25:34,849 --> 00:25:37,784 It's a great deal of money. He owes it to the tax collector... 287 00:25:37,852 --> 00:25:39,786 the green grocer, to everybody. 288 00:25:39,854 --> 00:25:41,788 They all come to me because I'm his agent. 289 00:25:41,856 --> 00:25:43,790 I've lost thousands over him myself. 290 00:25:43,858 --> 00:25:45,792 We've got to get our money somehow. 291 00:25:45,860 --> 00:25:47,794 Is there no other way? 292 00:25:47,862 --> 00:25:50,797 Must you take away his house, everything he has? 293 00:25:50,865 --> 00:25:53,732 He might to go the Prince to solicit a commission or a grant. 294 00:25:53,801 --> 00:25:57,737 If he asks for a commission, he'll have to learn to paint properly. 295 00:25:57,805 --> 00:25:59,739 My father paints as he pleases. 296 00:25:59,807 --> 00:26:01,741 Listen, child, you go to your room. 297 00:26:01,809 --> 00:26:03,743 Don't waste your time painting and drawing. 298 00:26:03,811 --> 00:26:05,745 Look what it brings you to. 299 00:26:05,813 --> 00:26:07,747 Come on, get on with your studies. 300 00:26:09,817 --> 00:26:14,754 Don't walk so fast, my gentle sirs 301 00:26:14,822 --> 00:26:17,757 For time, you cannot leave behind 302 00:26:18,826 --> 00:26:21,761 Once your mortal souls are shriven 303 00:26:21,829 --> 00:26:25,765 You'll find eternity in heaven 304 00:26:25,833 --> 00:26:29,769 Therefore, don't stay, but give today 305 00:26:30,838 --> 00:26:34,774 To him that gives is given 306 00:26:34,842 --> 00:26:37,777 Your business doesn't seem to prosper today. 307 00:26:37,845 --> 00:26:38,777 It's no worse than yours. 308 00:26:38,846 --> 00:26:40,780 What do you know about me and my business? 309 00:26:40,848 --> 00:26:43,783 Everyone knows you're the man who paints beggars. 310 00:26:43,851 --> 00:26:45,785 Some say you're no better than a beggar yourself. 311 00:26:45,853 --> 00:26:48,788 I like the look of you. You've got the head of a tragic prophet. 312 00:26:48,856 --> 00:26:49,788 I don't like the look of you. 313 00:26:49,857 --> 00:26:52,792 You talk like a fine gentleman, but you're nothing bit a bad painter. 314 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:55,795 You old scoundrel. What do you mean? 315 00:26:55,863 --> 00:26:57,797 If you were a good painter, there would... 316 00:26:57,865 --> 00:26:59,799 be no need for you to paint beggars. 317 00:26:59,867 --> 00:27:02,802 Decent painters paint decent people... 318 00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:04,804 gentlemen of rank... 319 00:27:04,872 --> 00:27:06,806 fine ladies, kings. 320 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:09,809 I do paint kings. 321 00:27:09,877 --> 00:27:12,812 I'll make an old testament king out of you. 322 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:14,814 - How much? - How much do you want? 323 00:27:14,882 --> 00:27:17,817 If you were a decent painter, I'd ask half a florin. 324 00:27:17,885 --> 00:27:19,819 I'm losing business all the time. 325 00:27:19,887 --> 00:27:21,821 It's a bargain. You shall have your half florin. 326 00:27:22,890 --> 00:27:23,822 Thanks. 327 00:27:24,892 --> 00:27:26,826 I haven't got any money with me. 328 00:27:26,894 --> 00:27:29,829 What did I say? You're not a decent painter. 329 00:27:29,897 --> 00:27:33,833 Don't walk so fast, my gentle sirs 330 00:27:34,902 --> 00:27:36,836 All right. All right. 331 00:27:36,904 --> 00:27:38,838 I want to paint that royal scoundrely face of yours. 332 00:27:38,906 --> 00:27:40,840 Now you stop here and don't move. 333 00:27:40,908 --> 00:27:42,842 I'll come back with your blood money. 334 00:27:42,910 --> 00:27:45,845 Don't walk so fast, my gentle sir. 335 00:27:45,913 --> 00:27:47,847 For time you cannot leave behind... 336 00:27:47,915 --> 00:27:49,849 Thank you kindly, madam. 337 00:27:51,919 --> 00:27:54,786 I came out without any money. I need half a florin. 338 00:27:54,855 --> 00:27:56,789 Half of a florin in cash? 339 00:27:56,857 --> 00:27:58,791 It isn't much good in sugar or clothes. 340 00:27:58,859 --> 00:28:01,794 That reminds me, you owe me a rather large bill... 341 00:28:01,862 --> 00:28:03,796 for sugar and clothes. 342 00:28:03,864 --> 00:28:05,798 Afraid you're not getting your money back? 343 00:28:05,866 --> 00:28:06,798 I didn't say so, Rembrandt. 344 00:28:06,867 --> 00:28:08,801 Will you lend it to me or not? 345 00:28:08,869 --> 00:28:11,804 Well, you were a good customer once. 346 00:28:11,872 --> 00:28:14,807 I should say, I was. Put it on the bill and send in your account. 347 00:28:14,875 --> 00:28:15,807 Good day. 348 00:28:20,881 --> 00:28:21,813 Good day. 349 00:28:22,883 --> 00:28:25,818 Debit half a florin to charities. 350 00:28:27,888 --> 00:28:29,822 The young Prince arrives at Amsterdam today... 351 00:28:29,890 --> 00:28:31,824 with his English bride, the Stuart Princess. 352 00:28:31,892 --> 00:28:33,826 There will be a big reception at the town hall. 353 00:28:33,894 --> 00:28:35,828 What should he do? 354 00:28:35,896 --> 00:28:37,830 Get his name on the list of petitioners. 355 00:28:37,898 --> 00:28:40,833 He should remind the Prince his father was his patron... 356 00:28:40,901 --> 00:28:42,835 and ask for a commission or a grant. 357 00:28:42,903 --> 00:28:45,838 All right. He shall go to the Prince. 358 00:28:45,906 --> 00:28:48,841 - And paint properly. - And paint properly. 359 00:28:48,909 --> 00:28:51,844 He shall paint properly. 360 00:28:58,853 --> 00:29:00,787 - Where is she? - The front door. 361 00:29:00,855 --> 00:29:02,789 - That's fine. She won't hear us. - There were some men here. 362 00:29:02,857 --> 00:29:04,791 Titus, isn't he King Saul to the life? 363 00:29:04,859 --> 00:29:07,794 - But Ludwick, and the lawyer... - Come on. 364 00:29:16,871 --> 00:29:17,803 All right. 365 00:29:19,874 --> 00:29:21,808 Now, you old scarecrow, put down your stick... 366 00:29:21,876 --> 00:29:23,810 take off those rags, and get up on the throne. 367 00:29:24,879 --> 00:29:26,813 - Up where? - Up there. 368 00:29:28,883 --> 00:29:30,817 Careful. 369 00:29:30,885 --> 00:29:32,819 Titus, the gold brocade and the purple cloak. 370 00:29:41,896 --> 00:29:43,830 Put this ring on your finger. 371 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:47,834 You needn't try and pocket that. It's only imitation. 372 00:30:09,857 --> 00:30:11,791 So the young gentleman's going to play to me, is he? 373 00:30:11,859 --> 00:30:13,793 Is that the best you can do for me? 374 00:30:13,861 --> 00:30:15,795 I thought I was supposed to be a king. 375 00:30:16,864 --> 00:30:19,799 A real king ought to have dozens of beautiful females... 376 00:30:19,867 --> 00:30:21,801 lying around on cushions... 377 00:30:21,869 --> 00:30:23,803 and offering him drinks. 378 00:30:25,873 --> 00:30:29,809 You're an old king and you've had all the women you want. 379 00:30:30,878 --> 00:30:33,813 What's more, the evil spirit has entered into you. 380 00:30:33,881 --> 00:30:35,815 Has it? What's that? 381 00:30:38,886 --> 00:30:40,820 Have you never heard the story of King Saul? 382 00:30:41,889 --> 00:30:42,821 King S... 383 00:30:43,891 --> 00:30:45,825 I've never heard of King Saul. 384 00:30:46,894 --> 00:30:48,828 Saul was a great King. 385 00:30:50,898 --> 00:30:52,832 And a great hero of his people. 386 00:30:53,834 --> 00:30:57,770 Mighty and strong, the wind of heaven filled his breast... 387 00:30:57,838 --> 00:31:00,773 and the hair grew on his head like a lion's name. 388 00:31:01,842 --> 00:31:04,777 But the spirit of the Lord was not upon him. 389 00:31:04,845 --> 00:31:08,781 And he that hath not the spirit of the lord within him... 390 00:31:08,849 --> 00:31:11,784 all the power of the world and the riches of the earth... 391 00:31:11,852 --> 00:31:13,786 shall not avail for his heart will be troubled. 392 00:31:13,854 --> 00:31:15,788 Now, at this time... 393 00:31:16,857 --> 00:31:20,793 the boy David was tending his father's sheep. 394 00:31:20,861 --> 00:31:24,797 He was a comely youth ruddy, and of beautiful countenance... 395 00:31:24,865 --> 00:31:27,800 but he was poor and despised of men. 396 00:31:27,868 --> 00:31:30,803 And the Lord spoke: "It matters not what a man sees. 397 00:31:30,871 --> 00:31:33,806 For a man sees only what is before his eyes. 398 00:31:33,874 --> 00:31:36,809 But God sees into the heart." 399 00:31:37,878 --> 00:31:41,814 And the king was troubled by an evil spirit so that he cried... 400 00:31:41,882 --> 00:31:45,818 out in the night and so could not sleep with his heart hardened. 401 00:31:45,886 --> 00:31:49,822 Then his friends brought the boy David to him for he was a... 402 00:31:49,890 --> 00:31:53,758 cunning player on the harp and a good voice sang out of him. 403 00:31:53,827 --> 00:31:56,762 And he played that night before the king... 404 00:31:56,830 --> 00:31:59,765 until the evil spirit departed from him. 405 00:32:00,834 --> 00:32:02,768 And peace entered his soul. 406 00:32:03,837 --> 00:32:07,773 So he played and sang, the future king of Israel... 407 00:32:07,841 --> 00:32:10,776 before the king who was to make way for him... 408 00:32:11,845 --> 00:32:15,781 the rising star before the waning star... 409 00:32:15,849 --> 00:32:18,784 the bright light before the fading one... 410 00:32:18,852 --> 00:32:20,786 God's chosen... 411 00:32:20,854 --> 00:32:24,790 before him whom God had forsaken. 412 00:32:25,859 --> 00:32:27,793 And he sang this song... 413 00:32:28,862 --> 00:32:32,798 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 414 00:32:32,866 --> 00:32:36,802 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. 415 00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:40,806 He leadeth me beside the still waters. 416 00:32:40,874 --> 00:32:42,808 He restoreth my soul. 417 00:32:42,876 --> 00:32:46,812 He guideth me in the paths of righteousness. 418 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,816 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. 419 00:32:50,884 --> 00:32:52,853 I will fear no evil... 420 00:32:52,853 --> 00:32:54,753 for thou art with me. 421 00:32:54,822 --> 00:32:58,758 Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." 422 00:33:15,843 --> 00:33:17,777 Open the door! 423 00:33:18,846 --> 00:33:20,780 I know you're in there! I have something to tell you. 424 00:33:20,848 --> 00:33:23,783 That's more important than your work. 425 00:33:24,852 --> 00:33:26,786 You'll see a different you when you find... 426 00:33:26,854 --> 00:33:28,788 yourselves without a roof over your heads! 427 00:33:28,856 --> 00:33:30,790 Stop that noise! 428 00:33:30,858 --> 00:33:32,792 He still thinks he's the Master... 429 00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:34,794 a Master driven out of his own house like a beggar... 430 00:33:34,862 --> 00:33:36,796 a worthless beggar! 431 00:33:36,864 --> 00:33:39,799 They don't think much of our profession here. 432 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:41,801 Stay where you are. We're working. 433 00:33:41,869 --> 00:33:42,801 Open this door! 434 00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:45,805 Titus, tell your father to open the door! 435 00:33:45,873 --> 00:33:47,807 Father, please don't be angry... 436 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:49,809 but it would be better if you opened the door. 437 00:33:50,878 --> 00:33:52,812 Open the door! 438 00:33:55,816 --> 00:33:57,750 Open the door! 439 00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:03,756 The bailiff's men have been here. They're going to seize the house. 440 00:34:03,824 --> 00:34:05,758 We'll be flung out on the street without a moment's notice. 441 00:34:05,826 --> 00:34:07,760 You won't have a thing left to call your... 442 00:34:07,828 --> 00:34:09,762 own not even the bed you sleep in. 443 00:34:09,830 --> 00:34:12,765 - I don't care! - You don't care. 444 00:34:12,833 --> 00:34:14,767 You stand there seeing ruin staring you... 445 00:34:14,835 --> 00:34:16,769 in the face and you don't raise a finger. 446 00:34:17,838 --> 00:34:19,772 Look at you. 447 00:34:20,841 --> 00:34:22,775 So untidy. 448 00:34:23,844 --> 00:34:26,779 Your beard all over your face. 449 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:31,784 Listen, you've got to go to the Prince. It's your last chance. 450 00:34:31,852 --> 00:34:33,786 Tell him how much his father thought of you. 451 00:34:33,854 --> 00:34:37,790 Say that through no fault of your own you've fallen upon evil times. 452 00:34:37,858 --> 00:34:40,793 Make him give you some commissions or a grant of money. 453 00:34:40,861 --> 00:34:43,796 Use your common sense. 454 00:34:46,867 --> 00:34:48,801 Attend to your business. Paint the sort... 455 00:34:48,869 --> 00:34:50,803 of pictures people want nowadays. 456 00:34:50,871 --> 00:34:51,803 Look at Flinck... 457 00:34:51,872 --> 00:34:53,737 one of your worst pupils. 458 00:34:53,807 --> 00:34:56,742 Now he owns a carriage repair. Why? 459 00:34:56,810 --> 00:34:58,744 Because he paints high-class pictures... 460 00:34:58,812 --> 00:35:00,746 and gives the people what they want. 461 00:35:00,814 --> 00:35:02,748 You'd better do the same, otherwise... 462 00:35:02,816 --> 00:35:04,750 you'll be ruined and us along with you. 463 00:35:04,818 --> 00:35:07,753 I've worked and slaved and given my life to this house and the boy... 464 00:35:07,821 --> 00:35:10,756 for a man who repays it with nothing but ingratitude! 465 00:35:10,824 --> 00:35:12,758 The best years of my life have gone to work and worry! 466 00:35:12,826 --> 00:35:15,761 Now I'm to be turned into the streets to starve! 467 00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:17,763 He won't raise a finger to save those... 468 00:35:17,831 --> 00:35:19,765 he's brought to ruin and disgrace! 469 00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:21,767 All right, I'll go to the Prince. 470 00:35:23,837 --> 00:35:24,769 You will? 471 00:35:28,842 --> 00:35:31,777 I'm going to brush you before you go to see anybody. 472 00:35:32,846 --> 00:35:34,780 We shan't be working anymore today. 473 00:35:35,849 --> 00:35:37,783 And I was just feeling in the right mood. 474 00:35:37,851 --> 00:35:40,786 I might not feel like it another day. 475 00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:54,733 You're not really going, are you? 476 00:35:56,803 --> 00:35:59,738 Listen, Titus... if anything happens to me... 477 00:35:59,806 --> 00:36:01,740 you go to the country to your mother's people. 478 00:36:01,808 --> 00:36:03,742 You'll live a fine life. 479 00:36:03,810 --> 00:36:07,746 - No! I mean to be a painter like you. - Don't you wish for that. 480 00:36:08,815 --> 00:36:10,749 Don't you want to be a painter. 481 00:36:16,823 --> 00:36:18,757 What are you doing here? 482 00:36:18,825 --> 00:36:20,759 Here, take this. 483 00:36:20,827 --> 00:36:22,761 It's only imitation. 484 00:36:31,838 --> 00:36:33,772 Where are you going? 485 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,774 I'm going begging. Why don't you come... 486 00:36:35,842 --> 00:36:37,776 along with me? You may profit by it. 487 00:36:38,845 --> 00:36:41,780 Are you going begging to the town hall, too? 488 00:36:41,848 --> 00:36:43,782 No, to the town gates first. 489 00:36:43,850 --> 00:36:45,784 Why don't you come and watch me? 490 00:36:45,852 --> 00:36:49,788 I can teach you more about the art of begging than any in Holland. 491 00:36:49,856 --> 00:36:51,790 I still owe you some of that half florin. 492 00:36:51,858 --> 00:36:53,792 You can take it out in lessons from me if you like. 493 00:37:20,887 --> 00:37:24,823 Now watch me and see how it's done. 494 00:37:25,892 --> 00:37:27,826 Look miserable. Come now, not too miserable. 495 00:37:27,894 --> 00:37:29,828 If you look a hopeless case they'll think you're past helping. 496 00:37:32,899 --> 00:37:36,835 When your right eye waters let your left eye twinkle. 497 00:37:36,903 --> 00:37:40,839 Then when you show your rags cut a caper. 498 00:37:40,907 --> 00:37:42,841 So as they say: "Look at that fellow. 499 00:37:42,909 --> 00:37:44,843 He may be starving, but he's got a merry air." 500 00:37:44,911 --> 00:37:46,845 Then they'll give you some. 501 00:37:50,917 --> 00:37:51,849 There they are! 502 00:38:55,849 --> 00:38:56,781 Here. 503 00:38:57,851 --> 00:38:58,783 Thank you, sir. 504 00:38:58,852 --> 00:39:00,786 You'll never be any good. A born beggar... 505 00:39:00,854 --> 00:39:02,788 takes what he finds and keeps it. 506 00:39:02,856 --> 00:39:04,790 You needn't be proud of your old tricks. 507 00:39:04,858 --> 00:39:07,793 Any child can learn to catch pennies if it's hungry. 508 00:39:08,862 --> 00:39:11,797 Do you know how an artist has to beg at Court? 509 00:39:12,866 --> 00:39:16,802 An artist has to smile and smile and keep on smiling. 510 00:39:17,871 --> 00:39:19,805 "May I humbly crave the honour of being... 511 00:39:19,873 --> 00:39:22,808 presented to his royal Highness?" 512 00:39:22,876 --> 00:39:26,812 "I am a painter... Rembrandt Van Rijn." 513 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,814 "Yes, I remember you now. 514 00:39:28,882 --> 00:39:31,817 Wasn't there some scandal about a picture... 515 00:39:31,885 --> 00:39:33,819 you painted for the Civic Guard?" 516 00:39:33,887 --> 00:39:36,822 I hope you've learned how to behave properly! 517 00:39:36,890 --> 00:39:41,827 I can't behave properly! I can't paint properly. 518 00:39:43,897 --> 00:39:45,831 But I can live my life properly. 519 00:39:45,899 --> 00:39:48,834 Without money? Where? 520 00:39:49,903 --> 00:39:51,837 At home. 521 00:39:52,873 --> 00:39:56,775 At my father's house. It's a mill near Leyden. 522 00:39:56,843 --> 00:39:58,777 A mill, among peasants? 523 00:40:01,848 --> 00:40:03,782 I was born a peasant. 524 00:40:54,835 --> 00:40:56,769 Hello, father. 525 00:40:56,837 --> 00:40:59,772 Adriaen, here's your brother. He's come home. 526 00:41:00,841 --> 00:41:02,775 Good evening, Adriaen. 527 00:41:03,844 --> 00:41:05,778 It's a long time since you've been here. 528 00:41:06,847 --> 00:41:09,782 Well, I've had so much work to do. 529 00:41:11,852 --> 00:41:13,786 I've new portraits and commissions. 530 00:41:13,854 --> 00:41:15,788 That's good. The mill's flourishing, too. 531 00:41:15,856 --> 00:41:17,790 We're kept busy morning till night. 532 00:41:17,858 --> 00:41:19,792 I'm glad to hear that, father. 533 00:41:19,860 --> 00:41:22,795 You're just in time for supper. 534 00:41:28,869 --> 00:41:31,804 You shall read the lesson tonight, son. 535 00:41:32,873 --> 00:41:33,805 There. 536 00:41:41,882 --> 00:41:45,818 "I considered the days of old, the ancient times. 537 00:41:47,888 --> 00:41:50,823 Will the lord cast off forever? 538 00:41:51,892 --> 00:41:54,759 Will he be favourable no more? 539 00:41:54,828 --> 00:41:58,764 Hath his mercy clean gone forever? 540 00:41:58,832 --> 00:42:02,768 Doth his promise fail for evermore? 541 00:42:03,837 --> 00:42:06,772 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? 542 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,774 Hath he in anger shut up... 543 00:42:09,843 --> 00:42:13,779 his tender mercies? 544 00:42:13,847 --> 00:42:16,782 And I said: This is my infirmity, but I will remember... 545 00:42:17,851 --> 00:42:21,787 the years of the right hand of the most High. 546 00:42:22,856 --> 00:42:25,791 I will remember the works of the Lord. 547 00:42:26,860 --> 00:42:29,795 Surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 548 00:42:32,866 --> 00:42:34,800 The waters saw thee, o God... 549 00:42:34,868 --> 00:42:36,802 the water saw thee. They were afraid. 550 00:42:37,871 --> 00:42:39,805 The depths also were troubled. 551 00:42:40,874 --> 00:42:42,808 The clouds poured out water. 552 00:42:42,876 --> 00:42:44,810 The skies sent out a sound. 553 00:42:44,878 --> 00:42:47,813 Thine arrows also went abroad. 554 00:42:48,882 --> 00:42:50,816 The voice of thy thunder was in heaven. 555 00:42:50,884 --> 00:42:52,852 The lightnings lightened the earth. 556 00:42:52,852 --> 00:42:55,753 And the earth trembled and shook. 557 00:42:58,825 --> 00:43:01,760 But I will meditate also of all thy works... 558 00:43:01,828 --> 00:43:03,762 and talk of thy doings. 559 00:43:04,831 --> 00:43:08,767 Thy way, o God is in the sanctuary." 560 00:43:33,860 --> 00:43:35,794 It's a poor meal. 561 00:43:35,862 --> 00:43:38,797 Bread and soup. Country fare. 562 00:43:39,866 --> 00:43:40,798 Black bread. 563 00:43:41,868 --> 00:43:43,802 Peasant's bread. 564 00:43:44,871 --> 00:43:46,805 I'm home. 565 00:44:45,865 --> 00:44:48,800 - Not so fast, little one. - Let me go. 566 00:44:49,869 --> 00:44:51,803 Am I mistaken... 567 00:44:51,871 --> 00:44:54,738 or do I recognise that pretty nose of yours? 568 00:44:54,808 --> 00:44:56,742 I've never seen your fat nose before in all my life. 569 00:44:56,810 --> 00:44:59,745 - A kiss if I guess right? - Yes, you can have a kiss. 570 00:44:59,813 --> 00:45:03,749 But if you're wrong, you buy me a pot of beer. 571 00:45:03,817 --> 00:45:05,751 Sutja, right? 572 00:45:05,819 --> 00:45:07,753 That's my sister. 573 00:45:07,821 --> 00:45:09,755 You're little Elsa? 574 00:45:10,824 --> 00:45:12,758 Well, children grow up. 575 00:45:13,827 --> 00:45:16,762 Aw, you're not a stranger. You do belong here. 576 00:45:16,830 --> 00:45:17,762 I do. 577 00:45:17,831 --> 00:45:19,765 It's my home. 578 00:45:19,833 --> 00:45:22,768 You know, you remind me of Adriaen the miller. 579 00:45:22,836 --> 00:45:24,770 I'm Adriaen the miller's brother. 580 00:45:24,838 --> 00:45:26,772 The one that went to the city, married... 581 00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:28,774 a rich wife, and became famous? 582 00:45:28,842 --> 00:45:30,776 That's right. 583 00:45:31,845 --> 00:45:33,779 Now you owe me a kiss. 584 00:45:33,847 --> 00:45:35,781 No, you owe me a pot of beer. 585 00:45:35,849 --> 00:45:37,783 You mistook me for my sister. 586 00:45:37,851 --> 00:45:39,785 - A kiss for beer? - No. 587 00:45:39,853 --> 00:45:41,787 - A kiss for beer? - Yes. 588 00:45:41,855 --> 00:45:43,789 Landlord, gallon of beer! 589 00:45:43,857 --> 00:45:45,791 Sutja, here's a man who knows us... 590 00:45:45,859 --> 00:45:47,793 who orders beer by the gallon. 591 00:45:47,861 --> 00:45:50,796 Don't have anything to do with him. He's from the town. 592 00:45:50,864 --> 00:45:54,732 I've never been to the city. Is it a merry life? 593 00:45:54,801 --> 00:45:56,735 Every day's a feast day. 594 00:45:57,804 --> 00:46:01,740 They hang sausages on the doors instead of bellpulls... 595 00:46:01,808 --> 00:46:03,742 And the fountains spurt wine. 596 00:46:09,816 --> 00:46:12,751 Take your ugly face away from where it has no business to be. 597 00:46:12,819 --> 00:46:15,754 You old bullfrog! We don't allow town oxen grazing on our pasture. 598 00:46:15,822 --> 00:46:17,756 He's not a stranger. 599 00:46:17,824 --> 00:46:19,758 He's the miller's brother, the painter brother. 600 00:46:19,826 --> 00:46:23,762 I'll paint his nose red if he doesn't keep his paws to himself. 601 00:46:23,830 --> 00:46:25,764 You're Jan Derricks, aren't you? 602 00:46:25,832 --> 00:46:27,766 I used to lay you across my knee and spank... 603 00:46:27,834 --> 00:46:29,768 you when you were a lousy-headed pup. 604 00:46:29,836 --> 00:46:31,770 He talks as if he belongs here... 605 00:46:31,838 --> 00:46:33,772 and looks as if he's come from his own funeral. 606 00:46:35,842 --> 00:46:36,774 Now look here. 607 00:46:36,843 --> 00:46:40,779 I used to drink beer in this inn when you lads were in napkins. 608 00:46:40,847 --> 00:46:44,783 I've still as good a seat to my britches and as much right... 609 00:46:44,851 --> 00:46:46,785 to plant it where I choose as any of you fat-rumped peasants! 610 00:46:46,853 --> 00:46:48,787 Leave me alone. 611 00:46:48,855 --> 00:46:50,789 Why do you come here and make trouble? 612 00:46:50,857 --> 00:46:52,791 You were no use for us when you were young. 613 00:46:52,859 --> 00:46:56,795 You went to the city because you didn't like our country ways. 614 00:46:56,863 --> 00:47:00,799 If the smell of our pigsties is too strong for you... 615 00:47:00,867 --> 00:47:02,801 keep your hands off our bacon! 616 00:47:03,870 --> 00:47:04,802 That's it. 617 00:47:04,871 --> 00:47:06,805 Get back to your city wenches! 618 00:47:06,873 --> 00:47:08,807 Get out! 619 00:47:10,877 --> 00:47:13,812 I paid for my drink, and I've as much right to drink it as anybody else! 620 00:47:16,883 --> 00:47:17,815 Drink that. 621 00:47:21,888 --> 00:47:23,822 Drink it yourself. 622 00:47:24,891 --> 00:47:27,826 Let's see if you've got a miller's first! 623 00:47:27,894 --> 00:47:29,828 I'll show you what a painter's first can do! 624 00:49:02,855 --> 00:49:05,790 I think I ought to go back to Amsterdam, father. 625 00:49:07,860 --> 00:49:09,794 God be with you, my boy. 626 00:49:39,892 --> 00:49:42,827 Titus! 627 00:49:43,896 --> 00:49:45,830 We shall be late. Can't you hear the bells? 628 00:49:48,901 --> 00:49:51,836 Heaven have mercy on us. Where will it all end? 629 00:49:51,904 --> 00:49:54,771 Three days and nights, and not a sign of him. 630 00:49:54,841 --> 00:49:56,775 He treats his own house as a plague spot. 631 00:49:56,843 --> 00:49:58,777 He avoids it because you make his life impossible. 632 00:49:58,845 --> 00:50:00,779 Foolish, ignorant child. 633 00:50:00,847 --> 00:50:02,781 He's poisoning you with his own wickedness. 634 00:50:02,849 --> 00:50:04,783 All right, let him go his own way. 635 00:50:04,851 --> 00:50:06,785 Come on, come to church. 636 00:50:06,853 --> 00:50:09,788 And pray to God to make you a better man than your father. 637 00:50:21,868 --> 00:50:22,800 Who are you? 638 00:50:22,869 --> 00:50:24,803 I'm the maid. 639 00:50:24,871 --> 00:50:26,805 How long have you been here? 640 00:50:26,873 --> 00:50:28,807 Four weeks. 641 00:50:28,875 --> 00:50:30,809 I haven't seen you before. 642 00:50:31,878 --> 00:50:33,812 Where's the housekeeper? 643 00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:35,814 She's gone to church. It's Sunday. 644 00:50:40,887 --> 00:50:42,821 Come with me. 645 00:51:24,864 --> 00:51:26,798 Take off your shawl. 646 00:51:35,875 --> 00:51:37,809 You mustn't be frightened if I look at you. 647 00:51:39,879 --> 00:51:41,813 I'm not looking at you as... 648 00:51:41,881 --> 00:51:43,815 a man looks. 649 00:51:46,886 --> 00:51:48,820 I'm a painter. 650 00:51:49,889 --> 00:51:52,824 Painters have a different way of looking at things. 651 00:51:53,826 --> 00:51:56,260 You must imagine that I'm looking at you in the... 652 00:51:56,329 --> 00:51:58,763 same way as the water with which you wash yourself... 653 00:51:58,831 --> 00:52:02,767 or the air you move in or the light that shines on you. 654 00:52:03,836 --> 00:52:07,772 That sees you all the time, even when you're alone. 655 00:52:09,842 --> 00:52:11,776 You mustn't even know I'm looking at you. 656 00:52:12,845 --> 00:52:14,779 Pretend I'm not in the room. 657 00:52:14,847 --> 00:52:16,781 Well, I've disappeared. 658 00:52:21,854 --> 00:52:23,788 Make yourself comfortable. 659 00:52:25,858 --> 00:52:27,792 Are you warm enough? 660 00:52:27,860 --> 00:52:30,795 Yes, but I ought to be cleaning the vegetables. 661 00:52:30,863 --> 00:52:32,797 You shan't need any vegetables today. 662 00:52:36,869 --> 00:52:38,803 What's your name? 663 00:52:38,871 --> 00:52:40,805 Hendrickje Stoffels. 664 00:52:40,873 --> 00:52:42,807 Hendrickje... from the country? 665 00:52:42,875 --> 00:52:44,809 From Zeeland, my mother has a little farm. 666 00:52:45,878 --> 00:52:47,812 Why did you leave the country? 667 00:52:48,881 --> 00:52:51,816 I don't know. I didn't want to stay at home. 668 00:52:52,852 --> 00:52:54,752 I'm very glad you came, Hendrickje. 669 00:52:57,823 --> 00:53:00,758 That's no good. I want that frightened look. 670 00:53:00,826 --> 00:53:02,760 But I don't feel frightened anymore. 671 00:53:05,831 --> 00:53:09,767 So you don't feel frightened anymore, Hendrickje? 672 00:53:43,869 --> 00:53:46,804 Pretty tune. Is it one of your country songs? 673 00:53:46,872 --> 00:53:48,806 Yes, they sing it at home in Zeeland. 674 00:53:48,874 --> 00:53:49,806 Well, go on. 675 00:53:49,875 --> 00:53:51,809 The next verse is a sad one. 676 00:53:51,877 --> 00:53:54,744 Look at the dirt on this table. 677 00:53:54,814 --> 00:53:56,748 You'd think it hadn't been cleaned for years. 678 00:53:56,816 --> 00:53:57,748 Nor it has. 679 00:53:57,817 --> 00:54:00,752 Father kept it locked, wouldn't let anyone in. 680 00:54:01,821 --> 00:54:03,755 Who's the woman in this picture? 681 00:54:05,825 --> 00:54:07,759 My mother. 682 00:54:07,827 --> 00:54:09,761 She must have been very beautiful. 683 00:54:12,832 --> 00:54:15,767 What are you doing in here? The kitchen's the place for you. 684 00:54:15,835 --> 00:54:17,769 I told you not to talk to her. 685 00:54:17,837 --> 00:54:19,771 He gave me permission to tidy the studio. 686 00:54:19,839 --> 00:54:21,773 And I forbade you to set foot in this room! 687 00:54:21,841 --> 00:54:23,775 You get downstairs where you belong and don't let me find... 688 00:54:23,843 --> 00:54:24,775 you up here again. 689 00:54:24,844 --> 00:54:26,778 And keep your hands off that boy. 690 00:54:26,846 --> 00:54:28,780 I suppose the father isn't enough! 691 00:54:28,848 --> 00:54:30,782 Don't speak to her like that. It's wicked and ugly. 692 00:54:30,850 --> 00:54:34,786 Wicked, ugly? That's the thanks I get for my years of service? 693 00:54:34,854 --> 00:54:36,788 Where would you be if it wasn't for me? 694 00:54:36,856 --> 00:54:38,790 My whole life I've worked for him. 695 00:54:38,858 --> 00:54:40,792 I've kept his house clean, cooked for him... 696 00:54:40,860 --> 00:54:42,794 scrubbed for him, nursed him when he was sick. 697 00:54:42,862 --> 00:54:43,794 I've brought up his child. 698 00:54:43,863 --> 00:54:46,798 My whole life's been for him and his happiness. 699 00:54:46,866 --> 00:54:50,802 Now I'm no use to him anymore. He prefers his kitchen maid. 700 00:54:50,870 --> 00:54:53,737 But you needn't worry, it won't last. 701 00:54:53,806 --> 00:54:55,740 He'll treat you as he's treated me. 702 00:54:55,808 --> 00:54:58,743 You don't belong round here. We don't want you round here. 703 00:54:58,811 --> 00:55:01,746 Get out of the house and leave him alone, can't you? 704 00:55:01,814 --> 00:55:03,748 No, I can't. 705 00:55:04,817 --> 00:55:05,749 You can't? 706 00:55:07,820 --> 00:55:09,754 All right. I can. 707 00:55:10,823 --> 00:55:12,757 One of us has got to go. 708 00:55:14,827 --> 00:55:17,762 I'll make you sorry for this. 709 00:55:19,832 --> 00:55:23,768 I'll make you sorry you were ever born. 710 00:55:35,848 --> 00:55:37,782 Heertsbeeke, the lawyer, my friends, Dr. Fabrizius... 711 00:55:37,850 --> 00:55:39,784 Dr. Menaseeh and Titus, of course. 712 00:55:41,854 --> 00:55:45,790 And what can I do for you, Rembrandt? 713 00:55:49,862 --> 00:55:51,796 I'm going to be married again. 714 00:55:51,864 --> 00:55:53,729 All right, I know I'm an old fool. 715 00:55:53,799 --> 00:55:56,734 When King David was old and stricken in years... 716 00:55:56,802 --> 00:56:00,738 he took unto himself Abishag. The shunamite. King Solomon. 717 00:56:00,806 --> 00:56:03,741 Enough of your Old Testament Kings. They all came to a bad end. 718 00:56:03,809 --> 00:56:06,744 I asked you here to be witnesses to my marriage. 719 00:56:06,812 --> 00:56:09,747 - Only too glad, Rembrandt. - I want you to settle the formalities. 720 00:56:09,815 --> 00:56:12,750 You can't get out of it so easily as that. 721 00:56:12,818 --> 00:56:14,752 Get out? Get out of what? 722 00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:16,754 The lady Saskia Van Uylenburgh... 723 00:56:16,822 --> 00:56:19,757 Left her fortune to her beloved Rembrandt Van Rijn... 724 00:56:19,825 --> 00:56:22,760 with the proviso that in the event of his remarriage... 725 00:56:22,828 --> 00:56:24,762 he must make over 1/2 of the fortune... 726 00:56:24,830 --> 00:56:26,764 to her son Titus. 727 00:56:26,832 --> 00:56:28,766 Half of 40.000 florins... 728 00:56:28,834 --> 00:56:30,768 I never got a penny of the 40,000. 729 00:56:30,836 --> 00:56:32,770 I know, but you accepted the bequest. 730 00:56:32,838 --> 00:56:35,773 And so far as the law is concerned, the obligation is undischarged. 731 00:56:35,841 --> 00:56:37,775 You cannot get married again... 732 00:56:37,843 --> 00:56:40,778 unless you pay into the court of chancellery... 733 00:56:40,846 --> 00:56:43,781 the sum of 20.000 florins for your son Titus. 734 00:56:43,849 --> 00:56:46,784 20.000 florins. 735 00:56:49,855 --> 00:56:51,789 But it's ridiculous. I don't want the money. 736 00:56:51,857 --> 00:56:54,792 I'll simply renounce my claim. 737 00:56:54,860 --> 00:56:56,794 You can't do that, my boy. 738 00:56:56,862 --> 00:56:58,796 You're underage. 739 00:56:58,864 --> 00:57:01,799 And the court of chancellery has no intention of forfeiting this money. 740 00:57:01,867 --> 00:57:03,801 They're very sharp on these things. 741 00:57:03,869 --> 00:57:07,805 - Why am I only 18? - Shut up, Titus! 742 00:57:07,873 --> 00:57:10,808 You're too young to know the world. 743 00:57:10,876 --> 00:57:13,811 You think it's a free place where you can do as you choose. You're wrong. 744 00:57:13,879 --> 00:57:19,818 The world is a narrow cage enclosed on 4 sides by iron bars. 745 00:57:19,885 --> 00:57:22,820 You beat your head against those bars until you're sick... 746 00:57:23,889 --> 00:57:25,823 but you'll never get out... 747 00:57:25,891 --> 00:57:27,825 never as long as you live. 748 00:57:45,911 --> 00:57:47,845 I interrogated the accused woman. 749 00:57:47,913 --> 00:57:50,848 Listen to the words of her defence. 750 00:57:50,916 --> 00:57:53,783 Why did she submit to this man's desires? 751 00:57:53,853 --> 00:57:56,788 "Because he was kind to me, kinder than anyone had ever been." 752 00:57:56,856 --> 00:57:58,790 Why did she refuse to abandon him? 753 00:57:58,858 --> 00:58:01,793 "Because I belonged to him, and he needs me." 754 00:58:01,861 --> 00:58:04,796 Is that the voice of lust, of sin? 755 00:58:04,864 --> 00:58:06,798 It is the voice of sin which seeks to... 756 00:58:06,866 --> 00:58:09,801 dissemble and disguise its true face. 757 00:58:09,869 --> 00:58:11,803 Such a woman is more dangerous than... 758 00:58:11,871 --> 00:58:14,806 the vice which flaunts itself at street corners. 759 00:58:14,874 --> 00:58:18,810 Such hypocrisy spreads the poison of sacrilege... 760 00:58:18,878 --> 00:58:21,813 and sows the seeds of evil desire in our midst. 761 00:58:21,881 --> 00:58:24,816 I ask you, dear brethren... 762 00:58:24,884 --> 00:58:28,820 why should that which is forbidden to us, honest and honourable... 763 00:58:28,888 --> 00:58:30,822 citizens, be permitted to a loose-living painter? 764 00:58:30,890 --> 00:58:34,826 Why should he live in open sin with his concubine... 765 00:58:34,894 --> 00:58:37,829 whilst we are bound by the rules and teachings of the church? 766 00:58:38,898 --> 00:58:39,830 No. 767 00:58:39,899 --> 00:58:42,834 An example must be made here. 768 00:58:42,902 --> 00:58:44,836 The black sheep must be driven out. 769 00:58:46,906 --> 00:58:48,840 Hendrickje Stoffels... 770 00:58:49,909 --> 00:58:52,878 your life and actions, being such as to offend against the... 771 00:58:52,878 --> 00:58:56,780 public decency of excommunication upon you. 772 00:58:56,849 --> 00:58:59,784 Henceforth, you are forbidden to enter the House of God... 773 00:59:00,853 --> 00:59:03,788 and to partake of the holy sacrament. 774 00:59:16,869 --> 00:59:20,805 On behalf of the bankruptcy court I open the forced sale... 775 00:59:20,873 --> 00:59:24,809 of all the movable and immovable property of the painter Rembrandt. 776 00:59:26,879 --> 00:59:29,814 Can you hear them selling our furniture downstairs? 777 00:59:29,882 --> 00:59:31,816 I don't mind. I'm very happy. 778 00:59:31,884 --> 00:59:35,820 Are you, When we haven't got a proper house to go to? 779 00:59:35,888 --> 00:59:37,822 We have a little house. That's all we need. 780 00:59:38,891 --> 00:59:40,825 Yes, that's all we need. 781 00:59:40,893 --> 00:59:42,827 You know, I never liked this huge place. 782 00:59:42,895 --> 00:59:44,829 At first, it used to frighten me. 783 00:59:44,897 --> 00:59:47,832 Then I used to think you needed it to paint pictures in. 784 00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:51,836 But now I know that all you need is a warm coat, hot soup... 785 00:59:51,904 --> 00:59:53,769 and maybe me. 786 00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,774 You know, I've come into a fortune. 787 00:59:56,842 --> 00:59:59,777 Even though they're selling my furniture downstairs. 788 01:00:00,846 --> 01:00:01,778 Come. 789 01:00:22,868 --> 01:00:25,803 He was a good man. A just man. 790 01:00:25,871 --> 01:00:28,806 He didn't deserve this. 791 01:00:28,874 --> 01:00:31,809 Deserve? What does that mean? 792 01:00:31,877 --> 01:00:35,813 A man without money is a vagabond and a rogue. 793 01:01:02,841 --> 01:01:05,776 Rembrandt, I brought you a buyer for your new picture. 794 01:01:05,844 --> 01:01:09,780 This is the Marquis de Guyencourt. He's just arrived from Paris. 795 01:01:09,848 --> 01:01:11,782 And he has a commission to buy art treasures for the Cardinal. 796 01:01:11,850 --> 01:01:12,782 Thank you. 797 01:01:38,877 --> 01:01:40,811 Does the Marquis like this one? 798 01:01:42,881 --> 01:01:45,816 The Holy Family in flight from Egypt. 799 01:01:47,886 --> 01:01:49,820 The blessed virgin without a halo? 800 01:01:49,888 --> 01:01:52,858 Yes, without a halo. Sanctity comes from within. 801 01:01:52,858 --> 01:01:55,759 One isn't obliged to wear it on the head like a Flemish hat. 802 01:01:56,829 --> 01:01:58,763 I'll buy the picture. 803 01:01:58,831 --> 01:02:00,765 Will you accept 1,000 florins? 804 01:02:06,839 --> 01:02:08,773 1,000 florins. 805 01:02:09,842 --> 01:02:11,776 This is my wife. 806 01:02:12,845 --> 01:02:13,777 Shall I... would you... 807 01:02:13,846 --> 01:02:16,781 Shall I send it or... 808 01:02:16,849 --> 01:02:18,783 I'll put it on the carriage. 809 01:02:20,853 --> 01:02:22,787 - You can't do it, father. - I can't do what? 810 01:02:22,855 --> 01:02:24,789 - The debtors' court order. - What more do they want from me? 811 01:02:24,857 --> 01:02:26,791 The court decided your canvases... 812 01:02:26,859 --> 01:02:29,794 become the property of your creditors. 813 01:02:29,862 --> 01:02:31,796 The house didn't fetch enough to cover all your debts. 814 01:02:31,864 --> 01:02:32,796 Shut up. 815 01:02:32,865 --> 01:02:36,801 They'll put him in jail. Ludwick's threatened to have him arrested. 816 01:02:36,869 --> 01:02:38,803 He mustn't sell his pictures. 817 01:02:38,871 --> 01:02:42,807 He's under oath to hand over his work until his debts are cleared. 818 01:02:42,875 --> 01:02:45,810 - According to the Commercial Charter... - Commercial Charter? 819 01:02:45,878 --> 01:02:47,812 I'm not a tradesman. 820 01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:50,815 The picture I paint with my own hands belongs to me. 821 01:02:54,820 --> 01:02:57,755 No, father, it doesn't belong to you. 822 01:02:57,823 --> 01:02:59,757 You've no right to sell it. 823 01:03:09,835 --> 01:03:12,770 I'm sorry. I should have been glad to buy the picture. 824 01:03:29,855 --> 01:03:32,790 I'll... go for a walk. 825 01:03:53,812 --> 01:03:55,746 You must explain to me... 826 01:03:56,815 --> 01:03:58,749 why don't his pictures belong to him anymore? 827 01:03:58,817 --> 01:04:01,752 Listen, Hendrickje, I'll give you an example. 828 01:04:02,821 --> 01:04:06,757 Imagine that the fisherman owes money that he can't pay. 829 01:04:06,825 --> 01:04:08,759 If he catches fish and takes it to the market... 830 01:04:08,827 --> 01:04:10,761 he's not allowed to offer it for sale. 831 01:04:10,829 --> 01:04:14,765 According to the law, he has to hand it over to his creditors. 832 01:04:16,835 --> 01:04:19,770 Caught you, my fine little fellow, you haven't paid your taxes... 833 01:04:19,838 --> 01:04:22,773 therefore, any fish you catch are public property. 834 01:04:22,841 --> 01:04:24,775 That's the law in Holland. 835 01:04:24,843 --> 01:04:26,777 You let Jan Butting alone. 836 01:04:26,845 --> 01:04:29,780 He's my assistant. I employ him, see? 837 01:04:29,848 --> 01:04:31,782 He gets his food and lodging from me... 838 01:04:31,850 --> 01:04:34,785 and any fish he catches are mine. 839 01:04:34,853 --> 01:04:36,787 And there's a contract to prove it. 840 01:04:36,855 --> 01:04:41,792 You can't arrest me for selling fish, old dog's face. 841 01:04:42,861 --> 01:04:45,796 And that's the law in Holland. 842 01:04:47,866 --> 01:04:49,800 So, that's the law in Holland. 843 01:04:59,811 --> 01:05:01,745 Ludwick. 844 01:05:03,815 --> 01:05:05,749 You go on as if nothing had happened. 845 01:05:05,817 --> 01:05:07,751 You go upstairs. I'll deal with them. 846 01:05:10,822 --> 01:05:12,756 We'll be all right up here. 847 01:05:16,828 --> 01:05:18,762 What can I do for you, gentlemen? 848 01:05:18,830 --> 01:05:21,765 We represent the creditors to whom the painter Rembrandt owes money. 849 01:05:21,833 --> 01:05:23,767 Does that convey anything to you? 850 01:05:23,835 --> 01:05:25,769 I can't see what it has to do with me? 851 01:05:25,837 --> 01:05:29,773 Breaking the law. These picture for sale don't belong to you at all. 852 01:05:29,841 --> 01:05:30,773 Indeed? 853 01:05:30,842 --> 01:05:32,776 Everything that Rembrandt paints, draws... 854 01:05:32,844 --> 01:05:34,778 or otherwise commits paper... 855 01:05:34,846 --> 01:05:36,780 belongs to the creditors and must, in law, be handed over to them. 856 01:05:36,848 --> 01:05:38,782 I happen to know that you've already sold... 857 01:05:38,850 --> 01:05:40,784 one picture to France for 1,000 florins. 858 01:05:40,852 --> 01:05:43,787 I suppose you realize that this is a criminal offence. 859 01:05:43,855 --> 01:05:46,790 If you're speaking of the painter Rembrandt Van Rijn... 860 01:05:46,858 --> 01:05:49,793 this man is in my employ. I own the contract with him. 861 01:05:49,861 --> 01:05:51,795 He receives his food and lodging from me... 862 01:05:51,863 --> 01:05:55,731 and in return, whatever he chooses to paint becomes my property. 863 01:05:55,801 --> 01:05:57,735 Mine, gentlemen, not yours. 864 01:05:57,803 --> 01:06:00,738 You can't take anything from me. I don't owe you a brass farthing. 865 01:06:00,806 --> 01:06:02,740 That's the law in Holland. 866 01:06:02,808 --> 01:06:04,742 Can we see this so-called contract? 867 01:06:04,810 --> 01:06:06,744 There's nothing in the Commercial Charter... 868 01:06:06,812 --> 01:06:08,746 She talks about the Commercial Charter? 869 01:06:08,814 --> 01:06:10,748 The woman can't read or write. 870 01:06:10,816 --> 01:06:12,750 Why should I? I have a partner who's wee-educated. 871 01:06:12,818 --> 01:06:13,750 Titus? 872 01:06:13,819 --> 01:06:15,753 My partner. 873 01:06:16,822 --> 01:06:18,756 We'd better go to the painter himself. 874 01:06:19,825 --> 01:06:21,759 - Where are you going? - To see Rembandt. 875 01:06:21,827 --> 01:06:23,761 I don't allow my servants to receive visitors... 876 01:06:23,829 --> 01:06:26,764 during working hours, and he works 24 hours a day. 877 01:06:26,832 --> 01:06:28,766 This is trickery! She's the painter's wife the mother of his child. 878 01:06:28,834 --> 01:06:29,766 What belongs to her belongs to him. 879 01:06:29,835 --> 01:06:31,769 She has no right to make any bargain with him. 880 01:06:31,837 --> 01:06:33,771 I'm going to the court. 881 01:06:33,839 --> 01:06:36,774 I'd advise you to see my lawyer first. He drew up the contract. 882 01:06:36,842 --> 01:06:39,777 - It may save you a walk. - Hold your tongue. 883 01:06:45,851 --> 01:06:47,785 You were superb. 884 01:06:49,855 --> 01:06:50,787 Splendid, splendid! 885 01:06:50,856 --> 01:06:52,790 Bless your heart. 886 01:06:54,860 --> 01:06:55,792 Wasn't she marvellous? 887 01:06:55,861 --> 01:06:58,796 You wait. They'll be back in half an hour... 888 01:06:58,864 --> 01:07:00,798 begging you to give them an interest in the business. 889 01:07:01,867 --> 01:07:04,802 You'd better take a rest. You're as white as a sheet. 890 01:07:04,870 --> 01:07:07,805 - I must get to the kitchen. - You'll do nothing of the kind. 891 01:07:08,874 --> 01:07:09,806 Sit down. 892 01:07:15,881 --> 01:07:17,815 What do you employ me for, if I'm not cook for you? 893 01:07:17,883 --> 01:07:20,818 I've heard it said that painters are good cooks. 894 01:07:20,886 --> 01:07:23,821 It's part of our trade. I learned cooking when I was an apprentice. 895 01:07:23,889 --> 01:07:25,823 But we're having goose. 896 01:07:25,891 --> 01:07:27,825 And do you think I don't know how to cook a goose? 897 01:07:28,894 --> 01:07:31,829 Come on, Menasseh. You'll help me with the apples and the chestnuts. 898 01:07:31,897 --> 01:07:33,831 Now, you stay there and rest. 899 01:07:34,900 --> 01:07:36,834 Come on, Menasseh. 900 01:07:48,914 --> 01:07:50,848 There you are. 901 01:08:15,874 --> 01:08:17,808 You're very handy with the pots and pans. 902 01:08:19,878 --> 01:08:21,812 I spent a lot of my life alone. 903 01:08:38,897 --> 01:08:40,831 Tell me the truth, Menasseh. 904 01:08:42,901 --> 01:08:45,836 - How long will Hendrichje live? - What? 905 01:08:48,907 --> 01:08:50,841 I can't lie to you. 906 01:08:54,846 --> 01:08:55,778 How long? 907 01:08:57,849 --> 01:08:59,783 That is god's hands. 908 01:09:05,857 --> 01:09:07,791 She mustn't suspect that I know anything. 909 01:09:08,860 --> 01:09:10,794 It would break her heart. 910 01:09:11,863 --> 01:09:14,798 - But if she asks me? - Then you must lie. 911 01:09:14,866 --> 01:09:16,800 But I tell you, I can't lie. 912 01:09:16,868 --> 01:09:19,803 You must learn to lie, Menasseh. 913 01:09:19,871 --> 01:09:21,805 Dr. Menasseh? 914 01:09:21,873 --> 01:09:23,807 Come help me lay the table. 915 01:09:23,875 --> 01:09:25,809 Yes. I'm coming. 916 01:09:32,884 --> 01:09:35,819 Hurry up with the table. The goose is nearly done. 917 01:09:39,891 --> 01:09:42,826 Careful, doctor. See the joints are straight. 918 01:09:43,895 --> 01:09:45,829 You should hire a servant girl. 919 01:09:45,897 --> 01:09:47,831 Take on a servant and have her get into debt again? 920 01:09:47,899 --> 01:09:50,834 We're tightening our purse strings now. 921 01:09:50,902 --> 01:09:53,769 But you must take care of your health. 922 01:09:53,838 --> 01:09:56,773 You've grown more delicate since the child was born. 923 01:09:56,841 --> 01:09:58,775 Nursing her was too great a strain on you. 924 01:09:58,843 --> 01:10:00,777 That's why I sent her away to my mother in the country. 925 01:10:00,845 --> 01:10:03,780 But you need rest and care. 926 01:10:09,854 --> 01:10:15,793 I shall go when my task is done note sooner and note later. 927 01:10:15,860 --> 01:10:17,794 Will you do something to help me? 928 01:10:17,862 --> 01:10:19,796 If it's possible. 929 01:10:21,866 --> 01:10:23,800 He mustn't know about me. 930 01:10:23,868 --> 01:10:26,803 These good times mustn't be spoiled for him. 931 01:10:26,871 --> 01:10:29,806 You don't think he suspects, do you? 932 01:10:31,876 --> 01:10:32,808 No. 933 01:10:35,880 --> 01:10:36,812 The goose, the goose. 934 01:10:36,881 --> 01:10:38,815 Titus. 935 01:10:40,885 --> 01:10:42,819 The goose. Sit down. 936 01:10:43,888 --> 01:10:45,822 Sit down, everybody. 937 01:10:54,833 --> 01:10:57,768 No, Rembrandt. It can't be done. 938 01:10:57,836 --> 01:11:00,771 A marriage cannot be arranged in such a short time. 939 01:11:00,839 --> 01:11:02,773 And after all... 940 01:11:02,841 --> 01:11:04,775 why all this hurry? 941 01:11:04,843 --> 01:11:08,779 Can't you wait 4 weeks to marry her like any ordinary person? 942 01:11:08,847 --> 01:11:09,779 No, Pastor. 943 01:11:09,848 --> 01:11:11,782 Why? 944 01:11:12,851 --> 01:11:15,786 Because she has a very short time to live. 945 01:11:16,855 --> 01:11:19,790 I want to make her happy before she dies. 946 01:11:21,860 --> 01:11:23,794 Have you disposed of all the obstacles... 947 01:11:23,862 --> 01:11:26,797 that stood in the way of your marriage? 948 01:11:26,865 --> 01:11:28,799 Yes. My son is of age now. 949 01:11:28,867 --> 01:11:30,801 I don't need any money. 950 01:11:31,870 --> 01:11:33,804 I'll try to arrange it as quickly as I can. 951 01:11:33,872 --> 01:11:38,809 Could it be managed next Sunday? She has so little time. 952 01:11:39,878 --> 01:11:41,812 Very well. 953 01:11:41,880 --> 01:11:44,815 I'll see that it's arranged at once. 954 01:11:45,884 --> 01:11:48,819 Will you go and fetch the child and bring Hendrickje's mother, too? 955 01:11:48,887 --> 01:11:51,822 Take the next coach and be back in 3 days. 956 01:12:05,837 --> 01:12:08,772 You mustn't work. You must rest. 957 01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:10,774 - You look tired. - Where's Titus? 958 01:12:10,842 --> 01:12:12,776 Titus? He's with his young bride. 959 01:12:13,845 --> 01:12:15,779 He'll be leaving us soon, and we shall be left alone. 960 01:12:15,847 --> 01:12:18,782 - You'd like that? - Yes. 961 01:12:19,851 --> 01:12:22,786 And the baby, do you miss her? 962 01:12:25,857 --> 01:12:27,791 She's being well cared for in the country... 963 01:12:27,859 --> 01:12:30,794 but I thought perhaps next summer I'd have her back again. 964 01:12:30,862 --> 01:12:32,796 Yes. Next summer. 965 01:12:32,864 --> 01:12:34,798 What have you got on that dress for? 966 01:12:34,866 --> 01:12:36,800 I thought you wanted to finish the picture. 967 01:12:36,868 --> 01:12:39,803 - It's Sunday. - Yes. We must finish the picture. 968 01:12:39,871 --> 01:12:42,806 You can rest in the big chair while I'm working. 969 01:12:42,874 --> 01:12:43,806 Come on. 970 01:13:01,826 --> 01:13:03,760 It's just like the first time. 971 01:13:03,828 --> 01:13:05,762 The house was empty, and we were alone. 972 01:13:05,830 --> 01:13:08,765 You pulled me upstairs, just like now. 973 01:13:08,833 --> 01:13:10,767 I remember. 974 01:13:28,853 --> 01:13:29,785 Sit down. 975 01:13:48,873 --> 01:13:50,807 "I'm not looking at you... 976 01:13:50,875 --> 01:13:53,742 as a man looks. I'm a painter. That's what I said." 977 01:13:53,812 --> 01:13:58,749 "You must imagine I look at you in the same way as the water... 978 01:13:58,817 --> 01:14:01,752 you wash yourself with or the air you move in... 979 01:14:01,820 --> 01:14:03,754 or the light that shines on you. 980 01:14:03,822 --> 01:14:07,758 That sees you, you know, all the time even when you're quite alone." 981 01:14:07,826 --> 01:14:10,761 "You mustn't even know I'm looking at you. 982 01:14:10,829 --> 01:14:12,763 Pretend I'm not in the room." 983 01:14:14,833 --> 01:14:17,768 Now you must ask me if I'm warm enough. 984 01:14:17,836 --> 01:14:19,770 "Are you warm enough?" 985 01:14:19,838 --> 01:14:22,773 "Yes, but I ought to be cleaning the vegetables." 986 01:14:22,841 --> 01:14:25,776 "We shan't need any vegetables today." 987 01:14:26,845 --> 01:14:28,779 Now you must ask me my name. 988 01:14:28,847 --> 01:14:30,781 What a memory you've got. 989 01:14:32,851 --> 01:14:35,786 Don't tell me any more. I know the rest. 990 01:14:36,855 --> 01:14:38,789 "What's your name?" 991 01:14:38,857 --> 01:14:40,791 "Hendrickje Stoffels." 992 01:14:41,860 --> 01:14:43,794 "Hendrickje... are you from the country?" 993 01:14:43,862 --> 01:14:46,797 "From Zeeland. My mother has a little farm." 994 01:14:46,865 --> 01:14:48,799 "Why did you leave the country?" 995 01:14:48,867 --> 01:14:51,802 "I don't know. I didn't want to stay at home." 996 01:15:09,821 --> 01:15:12,756 "You know how glad I am that you came, Hendrichje." 997 01:15:26,838 --> 01:15:27,770 Darling? 998 01:15:30,842 --> 01:15:31,774 Sweetheart? 999 01:15:33,845 --> 01:15:35,779 Hendrickje! 1000 01:15:49,861 --> 01:15:52,796 Fresh herrings! 1001 01:15:54,799 --> 01:15:56,733 Herrings? 1002 01:16:06,811 --> 01:16:10,747 How much are you charging this morning, milord fishmonger? 1003 01:16:10,815 --> 01:16:12,749 The same as I charged yesterday... 1004 01:16:12,817 --> 01:16:14,751 evening one heller, your royal highness. 1005 01:16:19,824 --> 01:16:23,760 Here's half a heller. I'm not paying for the smell. 1006 01:16:34,839 --> 01:16:37,774 Here we are. The Full Moon Bodega. 1007 01:16:37,842 --> 01:16:39,776 I'm paying for everybody. 1008 01:16:39,844 --> 01:16:41,778 And anyone who leaves before the new moon rises... 1009 01:16:41,846 --> 01:16:43,780 is no longer a friend of mine. 1010 01:16:44,849 --> 01:16:45,781 You're a prince. 1011 01:16:45,850 --> 01:16:47,784 He sold his first picture this morning... 1012 01:16:47,852 --> 01:16:49,786 and he wants to spend it all at once. 1013 01:16:49,854 --> 01:16:51,788 There's genius for you. 1014 01:16:51,856 --> 01:16:54,791 Anybody who's afraid to squander the first 1,000 florins... 1015 01:16:54,859 --> 01:16:56,793 he's earned doesn't deserve to earn any more. 1016 01:16:56,861 --> 01:17:00,797 Coachman, unharness the horses. Come on in with us. 1017 01:17:00,865 --> 01:17:02,799 Come on. 1018 01:17:09,874 --> 01:17:12,809 Not in front of all these people! 1019 01:17:12,877 --> 01:17:15,812 What does it matter? They're all drunk, and no one else is looking. 1020 01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:17,814 That old man over there is. He's laughing at us. 1021 01:17:17,882 --> 01:17:19,816 Why are you laughing, grandpa? 1022 01:17:19,884 --> 01:17:23,820 Because I see a sight that warms my old heart. 1023 01:17:24,889 --> 01:17:26,823 He's sweet. Ask him to come with us. 1024 01:17:26,891 --> 01:17:28,825 I'll be getting jealous in a minute. 1025 01:17:28,893 --> 01:17:32,829 Don't worry. They won't want to kiss me. 1026 01:17:34,899 --> 01:17:36,833 Come on, grandpa. You must be thirsty. 1027 01:17:36,901 --> 01:17:38,835 I am. 1028 01:17:38,903 --> 01:17:41,838 This herring was as salt as the North Sea. 1029 01:17:42,907 --> 01:17:45,842 Fine head the old man has. He'd make a good model. 1030 01:17:45,910 --> 01:17:47,844 You'll have to sing for your supper. 1031 01:17:47,912 --> 01:17:49,846 Preach us a sermon or tell us a funny story. 1032 01:17:49,914 --> 01:17:52,884 You look as if you've a pretty wit under that turban of yours. 1033 01:17:52,884 --> 01:17:56,786 My wit is a delicate plant, gentlemen. 1034 01:17:56,854 --> 01:17:58,788 It needs watering. 1035 01:17:58,856 --> 01:18:01,791 We'll water it with anything you like, beer or brandy. 1036 01:18:01,859 --> 01:18:02,791 Come on. 1037 01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,814 Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! 1038 01:18:24,882 --> 01:18:26,816 A toast, my friends, to beauty. 1039 01:18:26,884 --> 01:18:28,818 - To woman. - To youth. 1040 01:18:28,886 --> 01:18:30,820 - To love. - To money. 1041 01:18:30,888 --> 01:18:31,820 To success. 1042 01:18:35,893 --> 01:18:37,827 What about you, grandpa? 1043 01:18:37,895 --> 01:18:39,829 - You haven't given us your toast. - I can't think of a toast. 1044 01:18:39,897 --> 01:18:42,832 You mumbled something into your glass just now. 1045 01:18:42,900 --> 01:18:44,834 - I heard you. - I heard you, too. 1046 01:18:44,902 --> 01:18:46,836 That wasn't a toast. They weren't my words. 1047 01:18:46,904 --> 01:18:48,838 Well, whose words were they, then? 1048 01:18:50,908 --> 01:18:53,775 They were the words of King Solomon. 1049 01:18:53,845 --> 01:18:56,780 They are the best words I know. 1050 01:18:56,848 --> 01:19:01,785 Let's have them. You can be King Solomon, and teach us wisdom. 1051 01:19:03,855 --> 01:19:05,789 "Vanity of vanities. 1052 01:19:05,857 --> 01:19:07,791 All is vanity." 1053 01:19:07,859 --> 01:19:08,791 Bravo! 1054 01:19:11,863 --> 01:19:13,797 Go on, grandpa. 1055 01:19:13,865 --> 01:19:17,801 "I have seen all the works that are done under the sun... 1056 01:19:17,869 --> 01:19:19,803 and behold... 1057 01:19:19,871 --> 01:19:21,805 all is vanity... 1058 01:19:22,874 --> 01:19:24,808 and vexations of Spirit. 1059 01:19:26,878 --> 01:19:29,813 For, in much wisdom... 1060 01:19:29,881 --> 01:19:31,815 is much grief... 1061 01:19:32,884 --> 01:19:34,818 and he that increaseth knowledge... 1062 01:19:35,887 --> 01:19:37,821 increaseth sorrow. 1063 01:19:39,891 --> 01:19:41,825 Wherefore, I perceive... 1064 01:19:41,893 --> 01:19:44,828 that there is nothing better than that a man shall rejoice... 1065 01:19:44,896 --> 01:19:46,830 in his own works. 1066 01:19:47,899 --> 01:19:49,833 For that is his portion." 1067 01:20:01,846 --> 01:20:03,780 Rembrandt. 1068 01:20:06,851 --> 01:20:08,785 Rembrandt? 1069 01:20:09,854 --> 01:20:11,788 I'm very sorry. 1070 01:20:11,856 --> 01:20:13,790 We didn't know. 1071 01:20:15,860 --> 01:20:18,795 I enjoyed myself very much. 1072 01:20:18,863 --> 01:20:20,797 Amuse yourselves... 1073 01:20:20,865 --> 01:20:23,800 and remember King Solomon. 1074 01:20:23,868 --> 01:20:25,802 May I? 1075 01:20:34,879 --> 01:20:36,813 Good night, children. 1076 01:20:44,889 --> 01:20:46,823 I thought I'd never find you. I called... 1077 01:20:46,891 --> 01:20:48,825 at your studio 3 times last week. 1078 01:20:48,893 --> 01:20:52,864 I know. I was busy. I've just started a new portrait of myself. 1079 01:20:52,864 --> 01:20:54,764 I see. 1080 01:20:54,832 --> 01:20:56,766 I just wanted to find out if you had enough to eat. 1081 01:20:56,834 --> 01:20:59,769 - Shall I come back now? - No, I can manage... 1082 01:20:59,837 --> 01:21:01,771 but if you happen to have a spare florin. 1083 01:21:01,839 --> 01:21:03,773 Of course, of course. Here. 1084 01:21:06,844 --> 01:21:07,776 Take this. 1085 01:21:08,846 --> 01:21:10,780 - No, five. No. - No. Nonsense, nonsense. 1086 01:21:10,848 --> 01:21:12,782 But, mind you, spend it on food, now. 1087 01:21:12,850 --> 01:21:14,784 Of course, of course. 1088 01:21:14,852 --> 01:21:18,788 You'd better go straight to the butcher's. You're not looking well. 1089 01:21:18,856 --> 01:21:21,791 That's the light. You needn't worry about me. I'm quite all right. 1090 01:21:21,859 --> 01:21:23,793 You're a good lad, Fabrizius. 1091 01:21:23,861 --> 01:21:26,796 Go, along to this place here. The meat there is good and cheap. 1092 01:21:26,864 --> 01:21:29,799 Yes, I'll go to the butcher's. 1093 01:21:34,872 --> 01:21:37,807 - Now, goodbye. - Goodbye. Take care of yourself. 1094 01:22:02,833 --> 01:22:04,767 Get out of here! 1095 01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:19,375 "Vanity of vanities. All is vanity." 1096 01:23:51,876 --> 01:23:58,748 THE END