The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001) | Full Cast

Mick Gold

DIRECTOR

Judith Winnan

DIRECTOR

Ian Michael Jones

DIRECTOR

John Bush

DIRECTOR

Lucie Donahue

DIRECTOR

Paul Islwyn Thomas

DIRECTOR

Bob Bentley

DIRECTOR

Michael Burke

DIRECTOR

Ceri Sherlock

DIRECTOR

Samuel West

Self - Narrator

Richard Cork

Self - Art Critic

Jonathan Jones

Self - Art Critic, The Guardian

John House

Self - The Courtauld Institute, London

Tamar Garb

Self

Christopher Riopelle

Self

Douglas Druick

Self

Martin Kemp

Self - Author, Leonardo

Timothy Verdon

Self - Canon, Florence Cathedral

Luke Syson

Self - National Gallery, London

Camille Paglia

Self - University of the Arts, Philadelphia

Marcus Burke

Self - Hispanic Society of America

Philippa Abrahams

Self - Artist and Conservator

Waldemar Januszczak

Self - Art Critic

Taco Dibbits

Self - Curator, Rijksmuseum

Juliet Wilson-Bareau

Self - Art Historian

Charles Nicholl

Self - Author, 'Leonardo Da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind'

Gloria Groom

Self - Art Institute of Chicago

Michael Müller

Actor, The Scramble for the Spoils

Jonathan Nelson

Self - Syracuse University in Florence

Richard Thomson

Self - University of Edinburgh

Patricia Rubin

Self - Courtauld Institute, London

Tim Pigott-Smith

Narrator

David Bomford

Self

Anthea Callen

Self

John Collins

Self

Ashok Roy

Self

Rowan Pelling

Self

Leo Stevenson

Self

Evelyn Welch

Self - University of Sussex

Peter Conrad

Self - Christ Church, Oxford

Germaine Greer

Self

Gary Schwartz

Self - Author, 'The Night Watch'

Robert Ballagh

Self - Artist

Tim Clark

Self - The British Museum

Philippa Berry

Self - King's College, Cambridge

Colin Bailey

Self - The Frick Collection, New York

Tariq Ali

Self - Political Activist and Filmmaker

Susanna Avery-Quash

Self - University of Cambridge

Russell Bradley

Gustav Klimt

Cristine Acidini

Self - Author, The Florentine last Supper Tradition

Luigi Andreini

Self - Local Historian, Sansepolcro

Duncan Bull

Self - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Peter Bogdanovich

Self - Film Director

Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann

Self - Author, 'Rembrandt: The Night Watch'

George Deem

Self - Artist

Katharine Lochnan

Self - Art Gallery of Ontario

Nathalie Cuzner

Model

Sébastien Allard

Self - Musee du Louvre

Francesco Cagliotti

Self - Universita degli Studi Federico II, Naples

Pinin Brambilla Barcilon

Self - Restorer

Dawn Ades

Self - Art Historian, University of Essex

Marilyn Aronberg Lavin

Self - Piero Della Francesca Art Historian

Renee Cox

Self - Artist

Anne Distel

Self - Musee d'Orsay

Matthi Forrer

Self - National Museum of Ethnography, Netherlands

Richard Dorment

Self - Art Critic

Roy Calne

Self - Artist

Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Self - The Victoria and Albert Museum

Mariet de Winkel

Self - Dress Historian

Valeska Fleming

Model

Alessandro Cecchi

Self - Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Steve Bell

Self - Political Cartoonist, The Guardian

Martin Clayton

Self - The Royal Collection, Windsor

Rosemary Clark

Self - Spanish Literature, Cambridge University

George Shackelford

Self - Museu of Fine Arts, Boston

Mariangela Betti

Self - Director, Civic Museum, Sansepolcro

Mat Collishaw

Self - Artist

Andy Earl

Self - Photographer

Clare Francis

Self - Novelist and Former Yachtswoman

Carmen Cayetano

Self - Archivist, City of Madrid

Colin Cruise

Self - Staffordshire University

Linda Nochlin

Self - Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Christopher Brown

Self - Director, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Niamh McGrady

The Couple

Daniel Cohn-Bendit

Self - 1968 Student Leader

Neil Harris

Self - The University of Chicago

Michael Browne

Self - Artist, The Art of the Game

Mario Conti

Self - Archbishop of Glasgow

Susan Grace Galassi

Self - The Frick Collection, NY

Gabriele Finaldi

Self - National Gallery, London

Ernst van de Wetering

Self - Rembrandt Research Project

Jill Dunkerton

Self - The National Gallery, London

Seiji Nagata

Self - Katsushika Hokusai Museum, Tsuwano

S. Laine Faison

Self - Art Looting Investigation Unit, U.S. Army

Deborah Hatch

Self - Former Sothebys Bid Agent

Charles Esdaile

Self - University of Liverpool

Reshada Crouse

Self - Artist

Jamie Roberts

The Couple

Christopher Dobson

Self - Master Armourer

Sylvie Crussard

Self - Wildenstein Institute, Paris

William Crozier

Self - Artist

Fleur Kelly

Self - Artist

David Freedberg

Self - Columbia University, New York

Peter Greenaway

Self - Filmmaker

Jenny Graham

Self - University of Plymouth

Shigeru Oikawa

Self - Japan Women's University, Tokyo

Laurence des Cars

Self - Musee d'Orsay

Patrice Higonnet

Self - Harvard University

Nigel Glendinning

Self - University of London

Norbert Middlkoop

Self - Curator, Amsterdam Historic Museum

Caroline de Bendern

Self - 1968 Demonstrator

Jo Kirby

Self - The National Gallery, London

Ian Gibson

Self - Dali Biographer

Caroline Elam

Self - Art Historian

Belinda Thomson

Self - Author, 'Gauguin'

Caroline Jones

Self - Model for 1976 Photo Recreation

Alain Jacquet

Self - Artist

Martha Tedeschi

Self - Art Institute of Chicago

Leon Golub

Self - Artist

Sophie Huvos

Self - Daughter of Jaromir Czernin

David Peat

Self - Physicist, Pari Center, Italy

Christopher Grey-Wilson

Self - Botanist

Jeremy Deller

Self - Artist

Allison Langley

Self - The Art Institute of Chicago

Nancy Ireson

Self - National Gallery, London

Pietro Marani

Self - Ente Raccolta Vinciana, Milan

Lynda Nead

Self - Birkbeck College, London

Joni Miller

Self - Collector of Whister's Mother Memorabilia

Charles Hope

Self - The Warburg Institute, London

Peter Howson

Self - Artist

Gankow Sakai

Self - Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

Max Wijnen

Self - Archivist

Steven Kern

Self - San Diego Museum of Art

Jean-Claude Lebensztejn

Self - Art Historian

Anton Krajnc

Self - Artist, The Resurrection Wall

Moira Jeffrey

Self - Art Critic, The Herald

John Parker

Self - A-V Dept., National Gallery, London (1976)

J. Seward Johnson

Self - Sculptor

Walter Liedtke

Self - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chris Swan

Self - Imperial College, London

Manja Zelenrust

Self - Head of Restoration, Rijksmuseum

Ross King

Self - Historian

David Nash

Self - Former Senior Vice President of Sothebys

Nina Kallmyer

Self - University of Delaware

Monique Lucenet

Self - Historian and Grand Jatte Resident

Elliott King

Self - Dali Scholar

Alec Strahan

Self - Royal Horse Artillery 1942-44

Eunice Lipton

Self - Art Historian

Manuela Mena

Self - The Prado, Madrid

Jonathan Petropoulos

Self - Author, Art as Politics in the Third Reich

Barry Kite

Self - Aberrant Art

Dominic Swords

Self - Artist

Sally Korman

Self - Art Historian

Frances Stonor Saunders

Self - Author, 'Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman'

James T. Mason

Self - Sculptor

Michael Marrinan

Self - Stanford University

Jeff Koons

Self - Artist

Nancy Mowll Matthews

Self - Author, 'Paul Gauguin: An Erotic Life'

Annabella Lwin

Self - Bow Wow Wow

John Simpson

Self - Foreign Affairs Editor, BBC

Hans Kok

Self - Artist

Fumiko Umezawa

Self - Keisen University, Tokyo

Eric Jan Sluister

Self - University of Amsterdam

Mirella Levi-Dancona

Self - Art Historian

Dan Snow

Self - Historian

Aileen Ribeiro

Self - The Courtauld Institute, London

Jim Wright

Self - Painting Conservator

David Rosand

Self - Columbia University

Neil MacGregor

Self - Director, British Museum

Nicolas Roeg

Self - Film Director

Paul Tucker

Self - University of Massachussetts, Boston

Philip Steadman

Self - Author, Vermeer's Camera

Nico de Graaf

Self - Artist

Toshio Watanabe

Self - Art Historian

Cynthia Saltzman

Self - Art Historian

Sarah Symmons

Self - University of Sussex

Paul Smith

Self - Art Historian

Marcia Pointon

Self - Author, Naked Authority

Adelmo Del Siena

Piero Della Francesca

Tom Sokolowski

Self - The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh

Alyce Mahon

Self - Art Historian, Cambridge University

Alex Wengraf

Self - Art Dealer

Janis Tomlinson

Self - University of Delaware

Jos van de Giessen

Self - Artist

Bas van der Wulp

Self - Municipal Archive, Delft

David Wertheim

Self - Japanese Gallery, London

Eric Shanes

Self - Artist and Art Historian

Arlette Serullaz

Self - Musee Delacroix

Rodolfo Maria Salvi

The Boy

Mary Yule

Self - National Art Collections Fund

Annie Bright

Performer, 'Au Moulin de la Galette'

Handoku Ito

Brush Artist

Jorgen Wadum

Self - Mauritshuis, The Hague

Robert Tombs

Self - Cambridge University

Dominique Thiebaut

Self - The Louvre, Paris

Nicholas Gasson

The Reader

Antoni Pitxot

Self - Artist and Friend of Dali

Joachim Kaak

Self - Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Matthew Gravelle

Additional Voice

Miyoko Toda

Performer

Mariet Westermann

Self - Institute of Fine Arts, NYU

Marina Warner

Self - Author, Monuments and Maidens

Martha Ward

Self - University of Chicago

Destrier Mounted Soldiery

Themselves

Alessandro Vezzosi

Self - Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci

Javier Sancho

Self - Carmelite Monk

Masako Mitsuoka

Performer

Arthur K. Wheelock

Self - National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Frank Zollner

Self - University of Leipzig

Patrick Winter

Performer

Julian Spalding

Self - Former Director of Glasgow Museums

Reinhold Baumstark

Self - Bavarian State Painting Collections

Hironori Noguchi

Performer

Chiara Ciofini

Semiramide Appiano

Max Gell

Performer

Ilse von zur Muhlen

Self - Art Historian

Michael Taylor

Self - Philadelphia Museum of Art

Daniele Favilli

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici

Paddy Fletcher

Additional Voice

Matthew Stathers

Performer

Naomi Edwards

Gauguin's Model

Jonathan Wallis

Self - Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia

Julia St. John

Additional Voice

Jean Walsh

Self - Glasgow Museums

Margaret Wilson

Self - daughter of Tom Honeyman

Steve Smith

Photographer in Recreation of Painting

James O'Connor

Model of Christ in Recreation of Painting

Bob Schofield

Wireman in Recreation of Painting

Michael Rocke

Self - Harvard University

William Hood

Self - Oberlin College

William Wallace

Self - Washington University

Norwood Young

Self - Musician

Anthony Hughes

Self - University of Leeds

Franco Cervietti

Self - Sculptor

James Beck

Self - Columbia University

Gillian Lynne

Self

Deborah Bull

Self

Anne Pingeot

Self

Pierre Daix

Self

John Leighton

Self

Rose Finn-Kelcey

Self

Robert Rosenblum

Self

Michael Duffy

Self

Ian Dunlop

Self

John Golding

Self

Sam Segal

Self

Nicholas Penny

Self

Mike Bidlo

Self

Chris Stolwijk

Self

Natasha Staller

Self

Daphne Barbour

Self

Laurence Anholt

Self

Anne Baldassari

Self

James Coddington

Self

Eileen Sheikh

Self

Richard Kendall

Self

Jill DeVonyar

Self

John Elderfield

Self

Ann Dumas

Self

Anne Clergue

Self

John Richardson

Self

Suzanne Lindsay

Self

Pepe Karmel

Self

Martine Kahane

Self

Nevenka Dietrich

Self

Brigitte Leal

Self

Patrice Bart

Self

John Malkovich

Self

Frank Whitford

Self

Susanna Partsch

Self

Wolfgang Fischer

Self

Christine Powell

Self

Alice Ströbl

Self

Angelica Bäumer

Self

Bettina Urban

Self

Stephan Koja

Self

Alfred Weidinger

Self

Shearer West

Self

Gerbert Frodl

Self

Tracey Emin

Self

Mara Helen Wood

Self University of Northumbria

Knut Ljogodt

Self National Gallery Oslo

Paul Garnault

ACTOR

Mark Dery

Self Cultural Critic

Robert Fishbone

Self

Arne Eggum

Self Munch Museum Oslo

William Varley

Self Art Critic

Holger Koefoed

Self National College of Art and Design Oslo

John Butler

Self Former Metropolitan Police Detective