"Deception is a fine art."
A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.
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Guy Pearce
Han van Meegeren
Claes Bang
Joseph Piller
Vicky Krieps
Minna Holmberg
Roland Møller
Esper Dekker
August Diehl
Alex De Klerks
Karl Johnson
Bernard Bakker
Andrew Havill
Maarten Wooning
Paul Bentall
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Olivia Grant
Cootje Henning
Adrian Scarborough
Dirk Hannema
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