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.[1]
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.[2] On May 29, Katie Holmes also joined the cast.[3] Elizabeth McGovern, Charles Dance and Max Irons also joined.[4] On July 9, 2014, Frances Fisher joined to play the mother of Ryan Reynolds' character.[5]
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%.[6] Metacritic gives the movie a 51% rating[7] That means "mixed or average" reviews. The Roger Ebert website, RogerEbert.com, gave the movie two and a half stars.[8] Rex Reed of New York Observer called Woman in Gold "an extraordinary love story turned into an exemplary motion picture about one German Jew".[9]
References
Other websites
- Adele's Wish—the documentary film that details Maria Altmann's struggle to recover her family's Klimt paintings
- Woman in Gold on IMDb
- Woman in Gold at Box Office Mojo
- Woman in Gold at Rotten Tomatoes
- Woman in Gold at Metacritic