Van Gogh: Painted with Words

Duration: 80 min

Release date: 2010-04-05

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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.

Drama Documentary

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Vincent Van Gogh

as Theo Van Gogh

as Paul Gauguin

Christopher Good

Christopher Good

as Theodorus Van Gogh

as Anna Van Gogh

as Anthon Van Rappard

Ferdinand Kingsley

Ferdinand Kingsley

as Albert Aurier

as Bernard Soule

Stephanie Jacob

Stephanie Jacob

as Marguerite Crevlin

Katherine Kanter

Katherine Kanter

as Jeanne Coulomb

Richard Trinder

Richard Trinder

as Self - Narrator

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

as Self (archive footage)

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Production Design

Karen Hartley-Thomas

Karen Hartley-Thomas

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

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