Basic
Info
Title:
Woman in Gold
Genre:
Biography, Drama, History
Country:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Austria
Language:
English, German
Running
time: 109 minutes
Release
date: 9 February 2015 (Berlin), 1 April 2015
(United States), 10 April 2015 (United Kingdom)
Staff
Director:
Simon Curtis
Produced by: David M. Thompson, Kris Thykier
Screenplay: Alexi Kaye Campbell
Music: Martin Phipps, Hans Zimmer
Cinematography:
Ross Emery
Edited
by: Peter Lambert
Cast
Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann
Ryan Reynolds as Randol 'Randy'
Schoenberg
Daniel Brühl as Hubertus Czernin
Katie Holmes as Pam Schoenberg
Max Irons as Fredrick
"Fritz" Altmann
Antje Traue as Adele Bloch-Bauer
Moritz Bleibtreu as Gustav Klimt
Summary
"Woman in Gold" is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Max Irons, Antje Traue and Moritz Bleibtreu. The film is based on the true story of Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish refugee living in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, who, together with her young lawyer, Randy Schoenberg, fought the government of Austria for almost a decade to reclaim Gustav Klimt's iconic painting of her aunt, “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I”, which was stolen from her relatives by the Nazis in Vienna just prior to World War II.
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| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Gustav Klimt (1907) |
Altmann fought the Austrian government by bringing the case up to the US Supreme Court, which ruled on the case “Republic of Austria v. Altmann (2004)." The film was screened in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2015, and was released in the UK on 10 April 2015 and in the USA on 1 April 2015.
Movie
Review
“This film was compelling
and had emotional weight”
“Blending art, history,
justice, and identity”
“A work of art in its own
right”
“A beautiful, serene movie
with outstanding acting by Helen Mirren”
“Well done and
entertaining on a serious subject”
“Perfection”
“Uphill Crusade to Reclaim
a Family Portrait--Beauty & Truth”
“Helen Mirren and Ryan
Reynolds on an art crusade”
“Recovery of art stolen by
Nazis, Mirren and Reynolds shine in this fact-based drama”
“A triumphant journey”
“Better than expected”
“To love art is to love
life”
Interesting
stories about the film
1. Oprah Winfrey was the owner of
"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II", the second-most famous portrait
of the "Woman in Gold" painted by Gustav Klimt for 10 years.
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| Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) |
2. It is known that Aunt Adele's
diamond necklace, passed on to Maria Altmann upon her marriage, eventually
adorned the neck of the Nazi Hermann Göring's wife.
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| Hermann Göring |
3. About 100,000 works of art
stolen by the Nazis have not been returned to their rightful owners to this
day.
4. Maria Altmann died in 2011 at
the age of 94.
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| Maria Altmann |
5. After all of Gustav Klimt
paintings were returned, Jewish philanthropist Ronald Lauder purchased the
"Woman in Gold" portrait for $135 million for display in his museum,
the Neue Galerie in New York City.
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| Neue Galerie New York |
6. Adele Bloch-Bauer died on
January 24, 1925 at the age of 43 due to a sudden attack of meningitis.
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| Adele Bloch-Bauer |
7. In the portrait, Adele rests her
left hand over her right, to hide her own severely deformed finger.
8. Gustav Klimt's paintings were
returned to Maria Altmann 68 years after they were taken by the Nazis.
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| Gustav Klimt |
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