• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1956-09-15
  • Runtime122 minutes
  • TaglineHe had a lust for life. Sometimes he was brutal, sometimes delicate – always he lived with insatiable passion!
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreDrama, History
  • Production
    CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

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Kirk Douglas

Anthony Quinn

James Donald

Pamela Brown

Everett Sloane

Niall MacGinnis

Noel Purcell

Henry Daniell

Madge Kennedy

Jill Bennett

Lionel Jeffries

Laurence Naismith

Eric Pohlmann

Jeanette Sterke

Claire Du Brey

Isobel Elsom

David Horne

Noel Howlett

William Phipps

Jay Adler