Stealing Klimt

Stealing Klimt

2007
1h 32m
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Overview

Stealing Klimt recounts the struggle by 90-year-old Maria Altmann to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in Vienna. From the end of the War up until last year, these paintings hung in the Austrian National Gallery. The film covers Maria's early life in glittering fin-de-siècle Vienna, her dramatic escape from Nazi terror and her courageous fight to recover the five Klimt's against all the odds. Maria's fight to reclaim the paintings eventually took her to the United States Supreme Court and pitted her not just against Austria but also against the US Government which asked the Supreme Court to reject her case. After Maria finally emerged victorious in 2006, one of the paintings - the "Golden Portrait" of Maria's aunt, Adele Bloch Bauer - was sold to cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder for $135m, becoming the world's most expensive painting ever sold. The other four paintings were recently auctioned at Christie's for record prices.

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Status: Released

Budget: $320,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Poppy Pictures
Production Countries
Austria United States of America
Spoken Languages
German English

Keywords

historical

Quick Facts

Release Date May 15, 2007
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1075836
Website Visit Site

Cast

Maria Altmann
Maria Altmann

Self

Michael J. Bazyler
Michael J. Bazyler

Self

Hubertus Czernin
Hubertus Czernin

Self

Gerbert Frodl
Gerbert Frodl

Self (archive footage)

Elisabeth Gehrer
Elisabeth Gehrer

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Willi Korte
Willi Korte

Self

Sophie Lillie
Sophie Lillie

Self

Jonathan Petropoulos
Jonathan Petropoulos

Self

E. Randol Schoenberg
E. Randol Schoenberg

Self

Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Arthur Seyss-Inquart

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Roger Graef
Executive Producer
Jane Chablani
Director
Gilonne D'Origny
Executive Producer
Tim Schwarzmaier
Executive Producer
Martin Smith
Writer
Martin Smith
Executive Producer