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Thomas Trenkler from the Viennese daily Kurier criticized the film’s reference to a time limit for restitution claims in Austria, writing that there has never been such a time limit. He also wrote that his least favorite scene in the film was when Maria Altmann leaves her ailing father in Vienna in 1938. Despite the imminent danger, Maria Altmann stayed in Vienna, having said, “I would never have left my father! He died of natural causes in July 1938”. Only then did she and her husband escape from Vienna. [19]
The film was screened in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2015, and was released in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2015 and in the United States on 1 April. [4]
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a painting by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907. The portrait was commissioned by the sitter’s husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer [de] , a Jewish banker and sugar producer. The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941 and displayed at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. In 2006, following eight years of effort by the Bloch-Bauer heirs, the painting was returned to the family; it was sold the same year for $135 million, at the time a record price for a painting.
In December 1941 Führer transferred the paintings Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and Apfelbaum I to the Galerie Belvedere in return for Schloss Kammer am Attersee III, which he then sold to Gustav Ucicky, an illegitimate son of Klimt. A note accompanying the paintings stated he was acting in accordance with Adele’s will. [60] [61] To remove all reference to its Jewish subject matter, the gallery renamed the portrait with the German title Dame in Gold (translates as Lady in Gold). [65]
When did Maria Altmann first seek to reclaim her family’s paintings?
“They immediately asked me for my jewelry, which I had just gotten from my uncle for my wedding present,” says Maria Altmann of the Gestapo’s 1938 visit to her family’s home. “It was Adele’s beautiful diamond necklace with the earrings to match. That went to Mrs. Göring.” -The Lady in Gold Documentary
Academy Award winner Helen Mirren stars in the incredible story of Maria Altmann, a Jewish refugee who is forced to flee Vienna during World War II. Decades later, determined to salvage some dignity from her past, Maria has taken on a mission to reclaim a painting the Nazis stole from her family: the famous Lady In Gold, a portrait of her beloved Aunt Adele. Partnering with an inexperienced but determined young lawyer (Ryan Reynolds), Maria embarks on an epic journey for justice 60 years in the making.
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Woman in Gold Official Trailer #2 (2015) – Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds Movie HD
Klimt was commissioned in 1894 to execute three paintings to decorate the ceiling of the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. After taking over six years to complete them, many conservative entities considered the paintings — “Philosophy,” “Medicine” and “Jurisprudence” — to be overtly sexual in nature. They were never displayed to the public and were eventually destroyed by retreating Nazi troops in 1945.
Image: public domain
References:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Adele_Bloch-Bauer_I
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/woman-in-gold/
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wu9JeTX6Sdw
http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1079582/woman-in-gold-facts-about-maria-altmanns-story-that-were-not-in-the-film/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Klimt