Klimt (2006)

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	John Malkovich	...	Klimt
	Veronica Ferres	...	Midi
	Stephen Dillane	...	Secretary
	Saffron Burrows	...	Lea de Castro
	Sandra Ceccarelli	...	Serena Lederer
	Nikolai Kinski	...	Egon Schiele
	Aglaia Szyszkowitz	...	Mizzi
	Joachim Bißmeier	...	Hugo Moritz
	Ernst Stötzner	...	Minister Hartl
	Paul Hilton	...	Duke Octave
	Annemarie Düringer	...	Klimt's Mother
	Irina Wanka	...	Berta Zuckerkandl
	Florentín Groll	...	Messerschmidt (as Florentin Groll)
	Miguel Herz-Kestranek	...	Dr. Stein
	Marion Mitterhammer	...	Klimt's Sister

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A character study and a meditation on art in a time of opulence and syphilis. Gustave Klimt (1862-1918) lies in hospital, dying. In reveries, he recalls the early 1900s: it's fin de siècle Vienna. At the World Exposition in Paris, Klimt meets Georges Méliès, who does a moving picture for him, and Klimt falls under the spell of a woman who may be Lea de Castro. We see Klimt in his studio; we meet his mother and sister, who suffer from mental illness. We watch Klimt the libertine. On his deathbed and as a younger man, he imagines things as well: encounters with ministers and waiters and with women who are willing participants in his pleasures. Is this the source of art? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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