Girl with a pearl earring / Path ̌Pictures and Lion's Gate Films ; Archer Street/Delux Production ; produced by Andy Patterson and Anand Tucker ; screenplay by Olivia Hetreed ; directed by Peter Webber.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Container copyright: c2004. Based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. Special features: Anatomy of a scene ; trailers. Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt, Cillian Murphy, Essie Davis, Joanna Scanlan, Alakina Mann.
Summary:
17-year-old Griet must work to support her family, so she becomes a maid in the house of Johannes Vermeer, where she attracts the master painter's attention. He is commissioned to paint Griet, and the result is one of the greatest paintings ever created.
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