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Van Gogh: Painted with Words

2010★ 7.3 · 581h 20mDramaDocumentary

Overview

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him. What emerges is a complex portrait of a sophisticated, civilised and yet tormented man.

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Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch
as Vincent Van Gogh

Ferdinand Kingsley
as Albert Aurier

Aidan McArdle
as Paul Gauguin

Daniel Weyman
as Anthon Van Rappard

Alan Yentob
as Self - Narrator

Vincent van Gogh
as Self (archive footage)

David Baron
as Bernard Soule

Christopher Good
as Theodorus Van Gogh

Jamie Parker
as Theo Van Gogh

Rowena Cooper
as Anna Van Gogh

Stephanie Jacob
as Marguerite Crevlin

Richard Trinder
as Dr. Peyron