Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait (1954)

Name: Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1954-01-01

26m

Running Time

Plot.

Paintings and etchings of Rembrandt are used in revealing his life and career. Describes Rembrandt's early success as a fashionable portrait painter in Amsterdam and explains how his uncompromising devotion to realism cost him his reputation. Discusses the many personal disappointments of Rembrandt's later years, including failure of his contemporaries to acclaim his greatest masterpieces.

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Cast & Crew.

Morrie Roizman

Director / Producer

Otto Peter Radl

Cinematography

Edmund B. Gerard

Cinematography

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1954

Status
Released

Running Time
26m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-15

Wiki.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait is a 1954 American short documentary film about the artist Rembrandt produced by Morrie Roizman, a former editor for The March of Time. This film shows a series of Rembrandt's artwork, including painting and drawings spanning his entire life and being shown as related of events throughout his life are narrated.

Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.