Klimt (2006)

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Writers:

Raoul Ruiz (written by)
Gilbert Adair (translation: English)
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Release Date:

3 March 2006 (Austria)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (Malkovich) whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Art Exhibition | Beautiful Woman | Female Frontal Nudity | Paris

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

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
Alexander Strobele	...	Bahr
Georgia Reeve	...	Double Lea de Castro
Rainer Friedrichsen	...	Double Klimt
Denis Petkovic	...	Architect Loos
Stephan Paryla	...	Chamberlain (as Stephan Paryla-Raki)
Klaus Ofczarek	...	Old Waiter
Georg Friedrich	...	Young Waiter 1
Daniel Keberle	...	Young Waiter 2
Miriam Heard	...	Female Nurse
Erwin Leder	...	Male Nurse
Nicole R. Beutler	...	English Lady (as Nicole Beutler)
Fritz von Friedl	...	English Husband (as Fritz v. Friedl)
Karl Fischer	...	August Lederer
Gunther Gillian	...	Méliès
Peter Appiano	...	Carl Moll
Alexandra Hilverth	...	Madame at Bordello
Martin Brambach	...	Thomas
Antje Charlotte Sieglin	...	Vally
Julie Bräuning	...	Lissie
Ariella Hirshfeld	...	Kati
Verena Mundhenke	...	Lili
Mark Zak	...	Hevesi
Nico Bartholy	...	Kokoschka
Marc Schötteldreier	...	Viennese Photopgrapher (as Narc Schöttldreier)
Xaver Hutter	...	Customer in Cafe Central
Roland Jaeger	...	Customer in Cafe Central
Lothar Jansky	...	Customer in Cafe Central
David Oberkogler	...	Customer in Cafe Central
Franz Robert Ceeh	...	Customer in Cafe Central
Rainer Frieb	...	Customer in Cafe Central
Hagnot Elischka	...	Duke Oktave's Valet
Klaus Händl	...	Waiter in the Ritz (as Klaus Haendl)
Christian Weinberger	...	Policeman (as C.C. Weinberger)
Ina-Alice Kopp	...	Klimt's Daughter in Bordello (as Ina Kopp)
Johannes Seilern	...	Customer in Bordello
Susanne Wohlsein	...	Lady with Opera Glasses
Rose-Lise Bonin	...	Sylvia (as Rose Lise Bonin)
Nadiv Molcho	...	Little Viennese Brother
Ilan Molcho	...	Little Viennese Brother
Thaddäus Reich	...	Little Parisian Boy (as Thaddaeus Reich)
Poldi Salomon	...	Klimt's Son
Xialong Ye	...	1st Chinese Boy
Sanlong Ye	...	Second Chinese Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katie Pfleghar	...	Prostitute (uncredited)
Tom Trambow	...	Photographer (uncredited)

Directed by
Raoul Ruiz		(as Raúl Ruiz)

Writing credits
Raoul Ruiz		(written by) (as Raúl Ruiz)
Gilbert Adair		(translation: English)
Herbert Vesely		(idea)

Produced by
Paulo Branco	....	co-producer (as Paolo Branco)
Matthew Justice	....	producer
Dieter Limbek	....	line producer
Helene Moio Limbek	....	assistant line producer (as Helene M. Limbek)
Arno Ortmair	....	producer
Dieter Pochlatko	....	producer
Andreas Schmid	....	producer
Ira Zloczower	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jorge Arriagada

Cinematography by
Ricardo Aronovich		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Béatrice Clérico
Valeria Sarmiento		(as Valéria Sarmiento-Ruiz)

Casting by
Lucky Englander
Fritz Fleischhacker

Production Design by
Rudolf Czettel		(as Rudi Czettel)
Katharina Wöppermann

Set Decoration by
Georg Resetschnig

Costume Design by
Birgit Hutter

Makeup Department
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	chief hair stylist: UK (as Eileen Kastner Delago)
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	chief makeup artist: UK (as Eilen Kastner Delago)
Peter Owen	....	wig maker: Mr. Malkovich
Waldemar Pokromski	....	chief hair stylist
Waldemar Pokromski	....	chief makeup artist
Adolf Uhrmacher	....	chief hair stylist: Austria
Adolf Uhrmacher	....	chief makeup artist: Austria
Simone Vollmer	....	hair stylist assistant: UK
Werner Höfling	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Jeannette Latzelsberger	....	wig maker: Veronika Ferres (uncredited)

Production Management
Rudy Fleischhacker	....	unit manager
Marc Grewe	....	production manager: studio unit
Jasmin Hardt	....	unit manager: studio

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marijan David Vajda	....	first assistant director (as Marijan Vajda)

Art Department
Ilka Adler	....	assistant set dresser
Thomas Bartsch	....	painter: studio unit
Uwe Belke	....	construction foreman: studio unit
Reinhold 'Ringer' Broil	....	construction manager: studio unit
Stefan Diem	....	construction: Austria
Rainer Friedrichs	....	carpenter: studio unit
Peter Henk	....	art department trainee: studio unit
Franz Hofmann	....	property master
Thomas Hörhan	....	construction: Austria
Jiri Juda	....	stand-by property master
Soren Köber	....	carpenter: studio unit (as Sören Koerber)
Stephan Lambert	....	carpenter: studio unit (as Stephen Lambert)
Eleonore Latz	....	art director: studio unit
Michael Lindhammer	....	carpenter: studio unit
Tanja Ludwig	....	art department researcher
Gaby Mocaer	....	head painter: studio unit (as Gabi Mocaer)
Anke Pagels	....	props buyer: studio unit
Ferdinand Prinz	....	construction: Austria
Anja Ronacher	....	art department researcher
Britta Sassmannshausen	....	painter: studio unit
Günther Schäfer	....	construction: Austria (as Gunther Schäfer)
Jakob Schauer	....	construction: Austria
Dieter Schmidt	....	carpenter: studio unit
Nicole Schmitt	....	art department trainee: studio unit
Andrea Schratzberger	....	assistant production designer
Ralf Taubenreuther	....	painter: studio unit
Peter Trinks	....	carpenter: studio unit
Franz Vana	....	painter
Hans Wäckerlin	....	head painter: studio unit
Klaus Bienen	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Simon Gershon	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Green	....	dialogue editor
Dan Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Melissa Lake	....	foley artist
John Lewis	....	sound maintenance
Ben Meechan	....	sound effects editor
James Perry	....	adr recordist
Barnaby Smyth	....	foley editor
Barnaby Smyth	....	foley recordist
Michael Spencer	....	sound recordist
Andrew Stirk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Stoni	....	sound: making of
Jason Swanscott	....	foley artist
Lauren Ana Walker	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Lauren Walker)
Gareth Llewellyn	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
David Turner	....	sound technical coordinator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Tissi Brandhofer	....	special effects
Andreas Korth	....	special effects: studio unit
Benjamin Kotter	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Moritz Eiche	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Julia Reinhard	....	compositor: CA Scanline Production GmbH
Ismat Zaidi	....	digital timing supervisor: CA Scanline Production GmBH

Camera and Electrical Department
Andreas Amsüss	....	camera operator: making of
Nick Beeks-Sanders	....	camera operator
Bernhard Berger	....	still photographer
Bettina Brenner	....	grip
Max Brinkschulte	....	video operator
Ludwig Brunnshofer	....	electrician (as Ludwig Brunnhofer)
Hartmut Doering	....	electrician (as Hartmut Döhring)
Petro Domenigg	....	photographer: making of (as Pedro Domenigg)
Peter Dopplinger	....	provider: light equipment, Vienna
Georg Engelbrecht	....	electrician
Florian Glöckler	....	clapper loader
Wolfgang Krautter	....	electrician
Rudi Kurth	....	crane operator
Rudi Kurth	....	key grip
Thorben Olbertz	....	lighting technician
Donald Russell	....	first assistant camera
Donald Russell	....	second camera operator
Christian Saalfeld	....	gaffer
Sharon Siemund	....	video operator: studio unit
Martin Stoni	....	video operator: making of
Andreas Theiner	....	lighting technician
Claus Vieruss	....	lighting technician
Tom Trambow	....	photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	voice casting: UK
Iris Baumüller-Michel	....	casting
Brendan Donnison	....	voice casting: UK
Lucky Englander	....	casting
Fritz Fleischhacker	....	casting
Sue Jones	....	casting
Risa Kes	....	casting
Marc Schötteldreier	....	casting
Burkhard Eick	....	casting: bit parts and extras (uncredited)
Delia Eick	....	casting: bit parts and extras (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eva Biribauer	....	wardrobe (as Eva-Maria Biribauer)
Sonia Bouabsa	....	wardrobe
Cinzia Cioffi	....	assistant costume designer
Brigitte Fink	....	assistant costume designer (as Brigitta Fink)
Theresa Kopf	....	wardrobe
Ines Österreicher	....	seamstress
Ines Österreicher	....	wardrobe
Barbara Patzek	....	wardrobe
Carola Toth	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Claude Boullier	....	assistant editor
Béatrice Clérico	....	assistant editor
Gabriel Dedic	....	digital color timer: CA Scanline Production GmBH
Charlotte Duraffour	....	assistant editor
Kate Higham	....	assistant editor
Tony Lawson	....	additional editor

Music Department
Mikael Carlsson	....	executive soundtrack producer
Nick Ingman	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Tina Bockeloh	....	production driver
Ricardo Briz-Kristhofen	....	production driver
Mathias Fraunholz	....	production driver
Gerhard Fuchs	....	production driver
Andreas Gombotz	....	driver: props
Andreas Hagenauer	....	production driver
Sunny Iser	....	production driver
Walter Ludwig	....	production driver
Frank Randl	....	driver: construction, studio unit
Axel Rust	....	driver: props, studio unit
Nico Schütz	....	production driver
Martin Stainer	....	driver: props
Christian Stanger	....	production driver
Thomas Tüllmann	....	production driver

Other crew
Petra Ahlf	....	assistant: Arno Ortmair
Luiz Fernando Albisser	....	assistant: Mr. Ruiz, studio
James Armitage	....	legal services: UK, Lee & Thompson
Daniela Arndt	....	assistant: Arno Ortmair
Stefanie Aschenbrenner	....	assistant set manager
Niall Bamford	....	sale and leaseback finance: Invicta Capital Ltd.
Jürgen Behnke	....	legal services: Germany, Heussen Rechtsanwalts GesmBH
Cosmo Berger	....	set runner: studio unit
Susanne Biro	....	assistant: Dieter Pochlatko (as Susanne Biró)
Lena Bockeloh	....	production assistant: studio unit
Jaime Brodie	....	production runner: UK
Julia Burger	....	assistant: Mr. Ruiz, Austria
Julia Burger	....	researcher: Austria
Sabine Buss	....	publicity head: Germany, Barbarella Entertainment
Paul Cable	....	insurance: Media Entertainment Insurance Services Ltd
Herta Cech	....	publicity: Austria
Rose-Marie Couture	....	translator: German/English
Agentur Dohr	....	publicity head: Austria
Ulli Dohr	....	publicity head: Austria
Margarete Enigl	....	assistant account manager: Austria
Rudy Fleischhacker	....	location manager
Jan Fröhlich	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Daphne Frucht	....	set runner
Jeremy Gawade	....	legal services: UK, Lee & Thompson
Marco Haaf	....	set manager
Christoph Haesner	....	legal services: Germany, SKW Schwarz=Kelwing-Wicke
Christian Hala	....	product placement: Austria, Product Placement
Nora Hofmann	....	set runner
David Kerney	....	production accountant: UK
Hermann Koenen	....	caterer: studio unit
Sonja Kohlbacher	....	assistant: Dieter Pochlatko
Paul Kölbl	....	set runner
Peter Krobath	....	interviewer: making of
Veronika Kruse	....	production assistant: Austria
Sirish Malde	....	production consultant: UK
Peter Mayr	....	insurance: AON
Jamie Minoprio	....	production assistant: UK
Sandra Odelga	....	coordinator: making of
Caroline Ouederrou	....	assistant location manager
Wolfgang Pappler	....	product placement: Austria, Product Placement
Christian Ploiner	....	caterer: Austria
Christian Ploiner	....	chef: Austria
Osman Ragheb	....	dialogue coach
Renate Rebbe	....	production accountant: Germany
Regine Reiger	....	insurance: AON (as Regina Reiger)
Gerd Reinsberg	....	production services
Johannes Reiter	....	location scout
Victoria Riccabona	....	trainee
Zdena Scheichelbauer	....	production accountant: Austria
Christof Schmidt	....	legal services: Germany, Heussen Rechtsanwalts GesmBH
Silke Schöner	....	set runner: studio unit
Heinz Schwarzinger	....	translator: French/German
Renate Seefeldt	....	account supervisor
Bob Shah	....	production consultant: UK
Alexandra Shipp	....	product placement/clearances: UK
Maria Sobecki-Grimm	....	chef: studio unit
Klaus Steindl	....	director: making of
Dominik Thiele	....	set runner: studio unit
Garth Thomas	....	completion bond: Film Finances Ltd
Elizabeth Tremblay	....	script supervisor
Thomas Wallentin	....	legal services: Austria
Michael Welzel	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Peter Willison	....	executive director: Sinfonia of London
Emily Woods	....	product placement/clearances: UK
Martin Zwanzger	....	title designer
Martin Zwanzger	....	title designer: front credits, CA Scanline Production GmBH

Thanks
Richard Conway	....	special thanks
Dieter Heisig	....	special thanks
Marlene Neckermann	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Austrian Film Institute (financial support) (as Austrian Filminstitute)
• Vienna Film Financing Fund (financial support) (as Vienna Film Fund)
• Eurimages (financial support)
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (financial support)
• ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen (financial support) (as ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen)
• ARD Degeto Film (financial support) (as ARD / Degeto)
• EPO-Film-Produktionsges (as EPO-Film Vienna)
• Film-Line Produktion (as Film-Line Munich)
• Lunar Films (as Lunar Film London)
• Gémini Films (as Gemini Films Paris)
• Andreas Schmid (in association with)
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen (financial support)

Distributors

• Gémini Films (2006) (France) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Arsenal (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (2005) (Portugal) (all media)
• Barbar Film (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Eurocine Films (2006) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2005) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Independent (2006) (UK) (all media) (sales agent)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Ledafilms (2008) (Mexico) (TV)
• Media Cooperation One (MC-One) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Outsider Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• P.F.A. Films (2007) (Italy) (all media)
• Revolver Film (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Soda Pictures (2007) (UK) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Stamm Film AG (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• CA Scanline Production GmbH (visual effects)

Other Companies

• AON  insurance
• ARRI  camera equipment
• ARRI  grip equipment
• ARRI  light equipment
• Angel Studios  score recorded at
• Austrocast Besetzungsagentur  extras casting (as Austrocast)
• Barbarella Entertainment  publicity: Germany
• Bellwood Media  product placement and clearances: UK
• CinePostproduction  laboratory
• Deutsche Bank  film financing
• Eick und Rath  extras casting
• Europcar  production cars
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film Finance  completion bond
• Filmobile  trailer
• Fuji Kine Film Vertriebsges  film stock (as Fuji Kine Film)
• Heussen Rechtsanwalts  legal services: Germany
• HypoVereins Bank  film financing (as Hypo Vereinsbank)
• Independent Film Sales  international sales
• Ingeborg Animal  animals provided by (as Ingeborg Animals)
• Invicta Capital  sale and leaseback finance by
• Kurth & Brenner  grip equipment
• Lee & Thompson  legal services: UK
• Malde & Co.  production consultant: UK (as Malde & Co. Ltd)
• Media & Entertainment Insurance Services  insurance provided by
• Mediafonds 2  production services
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Product Placement  product placement: Austria
• Schwarz, Kelwing, Wicke, Westpfahl  legal services: Germany
• Scorpio  blocking service
• Sinfonia of London  orchestra
• Stanley Productions  assembly transfer
• Travset Business Travel & Service  production cars
• VIP International  international sales
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound post-production
• Videosonics Cinema Sound  sound re-recording
• World Backgrounds Digital Library  stock material (as World Backgrounds Ltd)

Runtime:

97 min | 131 min (director's cut)

Country:

Austria | France | Germany | UK

Language:

English | German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:6 | Taiwan:PG-12 | South Korea:18 | Japan:R-15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Baumgartner Höhe, Vienna, Austria

Company:

Austrian Film Institute

Movie Connections:

References Frida (2002)

ridiculously bad

what a stinker! i went to see this new movie with the best intentions. what could go wrong? it was an austrian-British co-production about an artist i like who painted sexy pictures, and it starred john malkovitch.

well, everything went wrong. perhaps the director thought that in portraying an artist who defied conventions, it is a good idea to defy cineastic conventions. so there is no real storytelling, there are no opening shots, and the sound is clinical horror of over- synchronized voices with ever-dominant emotive music. however, instead of replacing conventions with the bold and new, the director uses theatrical clichés -- a shot of blood&sex here, broken glass there, some fistfights and some insanity, and an overdose of flashbacks.

and there is talk, so much talk!, and the talk is boring. is art truth? should art be new? must the artist be insane? the topics are OK but there is nothing original to be found here, nothing witty or even mildly humorous. if you know an odious person who likes to speak through his nose about how Art is Good and Society is Bad: he may well enjoy this movie. but i found it as annoying as hell.