Vincent van Gogh is de typische miskende, getormenteerde artiest. Zijn obsessie voor schilderen en zijn psychische problemen zorgen voor een ongelukkig leven vol mislukkingen. Hij krijgt enig respect van zijn collega-schilders, in het bijzonder Paul Gauguin, maar kan niet met hen overweg.
Nee, helaas is Lust for Life nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Art | E. Preston Ames | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Peters | Art Direction |
| Editing | Charles K. Hagedon | Colorist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Designer |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | F. Keogh Gleason | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Wesley C. Miller | Recording Supervision |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Directing | Al Jennings | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Writing | Irving Stone | Novel |
| Writing | Norman Corwin | Screenplay |
| Directing | Vincente Minnelli | Director |
| Production | Jud Kinberg | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Adrienne Fazan | Editor |
| Sound | Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| Production | John Houseman | Producer |
| Camera | Russell Harlan | Director of Photography |
