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Woman in Gold

  • 20152015
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds in Woman in Gold (2015)
Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting 'The Lady in Gold'. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way.
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Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
59K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
645
3,719
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    • Director
      • Simon Curtis
    • Writers
      • Alexi Kaye Campbell
      • E. Randol Schoenberg(life story)
      • Maria Altmann(life story)
    • Stars
      • Helen Mirren
      • Ryan Reynolds
      • Daniel Brühl
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Simon Curtis
    • Writers
      • Alexi Kaye Campbell
      • E. Randol Schoenberg(life story)
      • Maria Altmann(life story)
    • Stars
      • Helen Mirren
      • Ryan Reynolds
      • Daniel Brühl
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    • 209User reviews
    • 216Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Tatiana Maslany and Max Irons in Woman in Gold (2015)
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    Katie Holmes and Ryan Reynolds in Woman in Gold (2015)
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    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Maria Altmann
    Ryan Reynolds
    Ryan Reynolds
    • Randy Schoenberg
    Daniel Brühl
    Daniel Brühl
    • Hubertus Czernin
    Katie Holmes
    Katie Holmes
    • Pam Schoenberg
    Tatiana Maslany
    Tatiana Maslany
    • Young Maria Altmann
    Max Irons
    Max Irons
    • Fritz Altmann
    Charles Dance
    Charles Dance
    • Sherman
    Antje Traue
    Antje Traue
    • Adele Bloch-Bauer
    Elizabeth McGovern
    Elizabeth McGovern
    • Judge Florence Cooper
    Jonathan Pryce
    Jonathan Pryce
    • Chief Justice Rehnquist
    Frances Fisher
    Frances Fisher
    • Barbara Schoenberg
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    Moritz Bleibtreu
    • Gustav Klimt
    Tom Schilling
    Tom Schilling
    • Heinrich
    Allan Corduner
    Allan Corduner
    • Gustav Bloch-Bauer
    Henry Goodman
    Henry Goodman
    • Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
    Nina Kunzendorf
    • Therese Bloch-Bauer
    Alma Hasun
    Alma Hasun
    • Luise
    Nellie Schilling
    • Child Maria
    • Director
      • Simon Curtis
    • Writers
      • Alexi Kaye Campbell
      • E. Randol Schoenberg(life story)
      • Maria Altmann(life story)
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    • Trivia
      Oprah Winfrey was, for ten years, the owner of Gustav Klimt's second-most-famous portrait of the subject of the painting unofficially known as "Woman in Gold." The second most famous Klimt portrait of Bloch-Bauer was officially titled "Adele Bloch-Bauer ll." Winfrey reportedly bought the painting anonymously in 2006, when Christie's sold it at auction for $87.9 million, during the same auction session when the subject of this film was sold, along with four other Klimt paintings owned by Maria Altmann's family. In 2016, Winfrey sold the 54"x54" painting, "Adele Bloch-Bauer II," to a Chinese collector for $150 million.
    • Goofs
      When Randy Schoenberg is before the Supreme Court, he is shown being asked a convoluted question by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, whereupon Schoenberg admits he doesn't understand it. That question was actually posed by Justice David Souter. The reaction from the other justices, who also didn't understand the question, was accurately depicted.
    • Quotes

      Randol Schoenberg: It's hard to believe Hitler once applied to be an art student here.

      Maria Altmann: I wish they'd have accepted him.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ryan Reynolds/Terrence Howard/Kelly Clarkson (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Persuasion Theme
      Written by Martin Phipps

      Published by BDi Music Limited

    User reviews209

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    8/10
    The real woman in gold
    Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds star in "Woman in Gold" from 2015, a true story about the quest of Maria Altmann to recover art stolen from her family by the Nazis in Vienna, the seat of anti-Semitism in Europe.

    I just want to point out, to answer some of the reviews, that this is not a documentary, it's a movie. Movies combine events, change them around, omit them. No one wants to watch a tedious film that recognizes that it took a huge amount of time to get to the Supreme Court. If you want the actual, factual story of Maria Altmann's journey, you will need to read about it or see one of several documentaries. Films are meant to pique our interest.

    Altmann speaks with a young attorney, Randy Shoenberg, about recovering The Woman in Gold, a painting by Klimt that is considered a symbol of Vienna. Klimt in fact painted a series of stunning portraits of Altmann's aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, who died of meningitis at the age of 44.

    In her will, she asked her husband Ferdinand, who had seen the writing on the wall in Vienna and fled to Prague, to donate the paintings to the Austrian State Gallery.

    Although he has just started a new job, Shoenberg travels to Vienna to see the will. Along the way there are flashbacks of Vienna in the '30s, where the Bloch-Bauer family lived in opulence. When the Nazis came to their home, they stripped the place of everything valuable - and there was a lot -- and put the family under house arrest.

    Maria and her husband, an opera singer, manage to escape in a harrowing scene. In flashbacks, Maria is played by the remarkable Tatiana Maslany, the star of "Orphan Black," who looks incredibly like a brunette Mirren.

    This is a touching, beautifully told story of one man's sacrifice and determination and a woman facing up to her past in order to seek justice.

    Helen Mirren is one of my favorite actresses - here, she is a vibrant, energetic octogenarian who finds the struggle for the painting uncomfortable - several times, meeting a roadblock, she is ready to wash her hands of it, but Schoenberg won't let her. It represents her family to her, and some uncomfortable memories. You can see all of that in Mirren's multilayered performance.

    Reynolds is excellent as a young man who believes in taking a chance - - he started and failed in his own law practice - and in this case, going for the gold, despite the fact that he has a wife (Katie Holmes), a baby, and one on the way, and an intolerant boss. It doesn't faze him and when Maria wants to quit, he is furious.

    I disagree that there was no connection between them. In fact, there is a deep one. The quest for the painting comes to represent to him what it means to Maria

    I highly recommend this film. There are tons of movies about the horrors perpetrated on Jews by the Nazis. The recovery of stolen art is one part of that horror. "You see a painting," she tells a group. "I see my aunt."
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 10, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Altınlı Kadın
    • Filming locations
      • Shoreham Airport, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Origin Pictures
      • BBC Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $11,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,307,793
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,091,551
      • Apr 5, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $61,619,773
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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