The story of the Jewish fighter for Klimpt's art, Maria Altmann, has been depicted several times in documentaries, and under the title Woman in Gold, this true story is also coming to the movie screen. Oscar-winner Helen Mirrer was joined by Ryan Reynolds and Daniel Brühl, and Simon Curtis, who is no stranger to biographies, took over the directorial duties as he signed My Week with Marilyn.
The title of the film is derived from Klimt's work The Lady in Gold (Lady in Gold, 1907), a glittering and gold-strewn portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer, otherwise Aunt Maria Altmann (Helen Mirrer), which was the occasion for the historical legal battle. The story focuses on the fight for a family heirloom, more specifically the art collection that it is during World War II wrested from the hands of the respected Jewish sugar factory owner Ferdinand Block Bauer (Adele's husband) at the time by the Nazi Austria.
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The pogrom against the Jews drove the young Marie to America, from where she is now, more than fifty years later, returning to Vienna, where with the help of a young and hearty lawyer by Randy Schoenberger (Ryan Reynolds) wants to see justice done. But the path to it will be anything but easy.
Drama
The woman in gold
(Woman in Gold, UK/USA, 2015)
Direction: Simon Curtis. They play: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth McGovern, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Frances Fisher, Neve Gachev, Jonathan Pryce, Moritz Bleibtreu, Tom Schilling, Anthony Howell.
In cinemas from April 3, 2015 further.
