Woman in Gold (2015)

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Director:

Simon Curtis

Writers:

Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenberg (life story)

Stars:

Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Helen Mirren	...	Maria Altmann
Ryan Reynolds	...	Randy Schoenberg
Daniel Brühl	...	Hubertus Czernin
Katie Holmes	...	Pam Schoenberg
Tatiana Maslany	...	Young Maria Altmann
Max Irons	...	Fritz Altmann
Charles Dance	...	Sherman
Antje Traue	...	Adele Bloch-Bauer
Elizabeth McGovern	...	Judge Florence Cooper
Jonathan Pryce	...	Chief Justice Rehnquist
Frances Fisher	...	Barbara Schoenberg
Moritz Bleibtreu	...	Gustav Klimt
Tom Schilling	...	Heinrich
Allan Corduner	...	Gustav Bloch-Bauer
Henry Goodman	...	Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer

Storyline

Maria Altmann (Dame Helen Mirren) sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.

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Plot Keywords:

justice | austrian history | holocaust | art museum | looting | 

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Taglines:

Justice is priceless

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong language.

Did You Know?

Trivia

The real E. Randol Schoenberg is seen in the final scene of Dame Helen Mirren (Maria Altmann, his client) going around and imagining her old apartment, who looks to raise his glass in a toast directly at the camera - so, to her, Altmann's point-of-view.

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Goofs

Street signs are visible in some of the scenes set in Vienna in the late 1930s, but they are the post-war (blue with white font) signs, mostly long and rectangular; the pre-war signs have a white background with black font and are almost square-shaped.

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Quotes

Randol Schoenberg: We recommend opening the can and exacting the little worm with a pair of tweezers and shutting the can as quickly as possible.

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Connections

References Stealing Klimt (2007)

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Soundtracks

O Mary Don't You Weep
Traditional
Arranged by Deron Johnson and Justin Stanley
Performed by Deron Johnson
Courtesy of The Weinstein Company

User Reviews

Well, *I* liked it!

I just got home from seeing this film, and I very much enjoyed it. I've been reading some of the negative reviews and trying to understand what they're on about, but I just don't get it. I think it was a great film and I'm glad I saw it. OK, maybe following all the legal machinations gets a little dry at points, but I'm happy with this. It means that the film makers *respect* the story. This isn't one of those atrocities that claims to be based on history, but in fact plays so fast-and-loose with the facts that what you are getting is almost entirely fiction (yes, "The Imitation Game", I'm looking at *you*). While I don't know the details of the actual history in this case, from what I'm able to make out it seems like this film stays pretty true to the facts. I, for one, am glad they resisted the trend of schmaltzing the thing up.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK

Language:

English German Hebrew

Release Date:

10 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Woman in Gold

Filming Locations:

Shoreham Airport, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,091,551, 5 April 2015

Gross USA:

$33,307,793

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$61,619,773

Company Credits

Production Co:

Origin Pictures, BBC Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1