Stealing Klimt
Directed by Jane Chablani15 maj 2007 1h 32m Box Office: 1 982 US$Dokumentär
6.8
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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Stealing Klimt was released on 15 maj 2007.
Stealing Klimt was directed by Jane Chablani.
Stealing Klimt has a runtime of 1h 32m.
Stealing Klimt was produced by Roger Graef, Michelle Galvin, Judy Parkinson, Gilonne D'Origny, Tim Schwarzmaier.
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 $135m, becoming the world's most expensive painting ever sold. The other four paintings were recently auctioned at Christie's for record prices.
The key characters in Stealing Klimt are Self (Maria Altmann), Self (Michael J. Bazyler), Self (Hubertus Czernin).
Stealing Klimt is a Dokumentär film.
Stealing Klimt has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.
Stealing Klimt had a budget of 320 tn US$.
Stealing Klimt has made 1 982 US$ at the box office.