Rubens, schilder en diplomaat

260 minutes

10/2/1977

Overview

This historical costume drama is a mini-series on the life of Flemish first-rate Baroque painter Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577-1640), whose artistic success throughout Europe not only made him a fortune allowing him to stock his Antwerp residence ('Rubenshuis' in Dutch) and a castle at Elewijt, in the countryside nearer Brussels, with numerous fashionable treasures, but also became an ennobled diplomat for the Spanish Hapsburg rulers of the Southern Low Countries (now Belgium), who often traveled, for painting commissions and/or diplomatic missions, to and worked in Italy, France, Spain, all Catholic powers, as well as protestant England and the United Provinces (mainly Holland), also allowing him to meet other prominent contemporaries such as artists. It further covers his marriages to Isabella Brandt and Hélène Fourment.

Cast List

Serge Adriaensen
as Frans Molenaar
Eddy Asselbergs
as Olivares
Tine Balder
as Maria Pypelinckx
Marc Bober
Robert Borremans
as Velasquez
Eddie Brugman
as Peter Pourbus
Dirk Buyse
as Vosterman
Domien De Gruyter
as Burgemeester Rockox
Robbe De Hert
as Oproerkraaier
Ingrid De Vos
as Helene Fourment
Jo Decaluwe
Bernadette Degelin
as Operazangeres
Herbert Flack
as Ambassadeur Iberti
Marja Koppejan
as Suzanne Fourment
Ludo Leroy
as Balthazar Moretus
Johan Leysen
as Rubens
Jan Pauwels
as Karel I
Ann Petersen
as Marie de Medicis
Ward de Ravet
as Abraham Janssens
Jerome Reehuis
as Hertog Vincent van Gonzagua
Raf Reymen
as Vader Fourment
Senne Rouffaer
as Generaal Spinola
Marc Simons
as Soldaat
Eddy Spruyt
as Kardinaal Infant Ferdinand
Peter Strynckx
as Filips Rubens
Serge-Henri Valcke
as Gerbier
Hugo Van Den Berghe
as Adriaan Brouwer
Frans Van den Brande
as Hertog van Lerma
Nele van den Driessche
as Isabella Brant
Joris Van Den Eynde
as Filips
André van den Heuvel
as Caravaggio
Dora van der Groen
as Infante Isabella
Bob Van der Veken
as Heer X
Alex Van Rooyen
as Adam Van Noort
Henk van Ulsen
as Otto Venius
Rudi Van Vlaenderen
as Kardinaal Montalto
Cara Van Wersch
as Gravin van Lalaing
Martin Van Zundert
as Richelieu
Johan Vanderbracht
as Aartshertog Albrecht
Gaston Vandermeulen
as Ome Rik
Lucas Vandervost
as Jacob Jordaens
Ray Verhaeghe
as Bischop
Johny Voners
as Snyders
Ronny Waterschoot
as Chieppo