Woman in Gold (movie)

Woman in Gold is a 2015 British drama movie. The movie is based on the true story of Maria Altmann, who lived in Los Angeles. 

Altmann fought the government of Austria for almost ten years to get back Gustav Klimt's iconic painting of her aunt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Altmann took her legal battle to the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled in her favor in Republic of Austria v. Altmann (2004).

The movie was screened in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Cast
 Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann
 Tatiana Maslany as young Maria Altmann
 Ryan Reynolds as Randol (Randy) Schoenberg
 Daniel Brühl as Hubertus Czernin
 Katie Holmes as Pam Schoenberg
 Max Irons as Fredrick "Fritz" Altmann
 Charles Dance as Sherman
 Elizabeth McGovern Florence-Marie Cooper
 Jonathan Pryce as William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)
 Moritz Bleibtreu as Gustav Klimt
 Antje Traue as Adele Bloch-Bauer
 Frances Fisher, Mrs. Schoenberg, Randol's mother
 Tom Schilling as Heinrich
 Anthony Howell as Junior Official
 Allan Corduner as Gustav
 Henry Goodman as Ferdinand
 Olivia Silhavy as Elisabeth Gehrer
 Justus von Dohnányi as Toman, representative of the Belvedere Gallery
 Richard Reid as the Court Reporter
 Ludger Pistor as Wran
 Joseph Mydell as Judge Clarence
 Stephen Greif as Bergen

Production
On May 15, 2014, Tatiana Maslany was cast in a principal role as the younger version of Helen Mirren's character, appearing in the WWII flashbacks. On May 29, Katie Holmes also joined the cast. Elizabeth McGovern, Charles Dance and Max Irons also joined. On July 9, 2014, Frances Fisher joined to play the mother of Ryan Reynolds' character.

Reception
This movie was released in April 2015. It got mixed reviews. It grossed over $35 million in the box office. Rotten Tomatoes rates the movie 52%. Metacritic gives the movie a 51% rating That means "mixed or average" reviews. The Roger Ebert website, RogerEbert.com, gave the movie two and a half stars. Rex Reed of New York Observer called Woman in Gold "an extraordinary love story turned into an exemplary motion picture about one German Jew".

References

Other websites
 Adele's Wish—the documentary film that details Maria Altmann's struggle to recover her family's Klimt paintings 





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