Charles Laughton as Rembrandt van Rijn

Gertrude Lawrence as Geertje Dirx

Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels

Edward Chapman as Fabrizius

Walter Hudd as Capt. Banning Cocq

Roger Livesey as Beggar Saul

John Bryning as Titus van Rijn

Sam Livesey as Auctioneer

Herbert Lomas as Harmenzs van Rijn

Allan Jeayes as Dr. Tulp

John Clements as Govaert Flinck

Raymond Huntley as Ludwick

Abraham Sofaer as Dr. Menasseh

Laurence Hanray as Heertsbeeke

Austin Trevor as Marquis de Grand Coeur

Henry Hewitt as Jan Six

Gertrude Musgrove as Agelintje

Richard Gofe as Titus (child)

Basil Gill as Adrien van Rijn

Barry Livesey as Peasant Lad

James Carney as Peasant Lad

Jack Livesey as Journeyman

John Turnbull as Minister

Edmund Willard as Van Zeeland

Hector Abbas as Burgher at Auction (uncredited)

Evelyn Ankers as Party Girl (uncredited)

Baroness Barany as Criada (uncredited)

Lewis Broughton as Saskia’s Brother (uncredited)

Arthur Burne as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Robin Burns as Tavern Patron (uncredited)

Frederick Burtwell as Saskia’s Brother (uncredited)

Robert Cochran as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Rex Evans as Civil Guardsman (uncredited)

William Fagan as Burgomaster (uncredited)

Philip Godfrey as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Marius Goring as Baron Leivens (uncredited)

Wilfrid Hyde-White as Civil Guardsman (uncredited)

Skelton Knaggs as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Alexander Knox as Ludwick’s Assistant (uncredited)

Peta Mannering as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Joan Matheson as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Meinhart Maur as Ornia (uncredited)

Quinton McPherson as Official (uncredited)

George Merritt as Church Warden (uncredited)

Charles Paton as Burgher at Auction (uncredited)

Hay Petrie as Jeweller (uncredited)

Bellenden Powell as Court Member (uncredited)

George Pughe as Museum Director (uncredited)

Jerrold Robertshaw as Museum Director (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp as Burgher at Auction (uncredited)

Bill Shine as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Laura Smithson as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)

Byron Webber as Court Member (uncredited)

Roger Wellesley as Burgomaster’s Secretary (uncredited)

Pamela Wood as Undetermined Secondary Rôle (uncredited)