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Brush with Fate was a made-for-TV film debuted on February 2, 2003, on CBS. It followed the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer as it passes through the hands of various people. The film was based on Girl In Hyacinth Blue, a novel by author Susan Vreeland, and starred Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn.
The imaginary painting 'Girl in Hyacinth Blue', the principal object in this film, is painted exactly in Vermeer's painting technique by the American master painter Jonathan Janson, author and webmaster of the world-known website about the life and work of Johannes Vermeer "Essential Vermeer".
Original Release
01/01/2003
US Release
02/02/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ellen Burstyn | Rika |
Glenn Close | Cornelia Engelbrecht |
Thomas Gibson | Richard |
Phyllida Law | Maria |
Kelly MacDonald | Aletta Pieters |
Patrick Bergin | Headmaster |
Kieran Bew | Adrian Kuypers |
Betty Schuurman | Digna |
Jan Decleir | Old Laurens |
Thekla Reuten | Saskia |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ellen Burstyn | Rika |
Glenn Close | Cornelia Engelbrecht |
Thomas Gibson | Richard |
Phyllida Law | Maria |
Kelly MacDonald | Aletta Pieters |
Patrick Bergin | Headmaster |
Kieran Bew | Adrian Kuypers |
Betty Schuurman | Digna |
Jan Decleir | Old Laurens |
Thekla Reuten | Saskia |
Roef Ragas | Stijn |
Laurien Van den Broeck | Magdalena Vermeer |
Daniël Boissevain | Sol |
Paul Muller | Old Karl Engelbrecht |
Carly Wijs | Faculty Woman |
Horace Cohen | Faculty Man |
Jenne Decleir | Young Laurens |
Katja Herbers | Tanneke |
Caro Lenssen | Joanna |
Erwan van Buuren | Fritz |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Welsh | Executive Producer |
Brent Shields | Producer |
Cameron Johann | Producer |
Thomas John Kane | Producer |
Art Levinson | Producer |
Anton Scholten | Producer |
Berry van Zwieten | Producer |