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Stealing Klimt (2009)

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Stealing Klimt
NR 1 hr 32 minApr 21st, 2009Documentary
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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.
StarringMaria AltmannMichael J. BazylerHubertus Czernin
DirectorJane Chablani
WriterMartin Smith

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 21st, 2009
Movie Budget:$320,000
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Roger Graef, Gilonne D'Origny, Tim Schwarzmaier, Martin Smith
Production Companies:Poppy Pictures
Stealing Klimt on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
historical