Stealing Klimt 17 years old

Stealing Klimt recounts the struggle by 90-year-old Maria Altmann to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in Vienna. From the end of the War up until last year, these paintings hung in the Austrian National Gallery. The film covers Maria's early life in glittering fin-de-siècle Vienna, her dramatic escape from Nazi terror and her courageous fight to recover the five Klimt's against all the odds. Maria's fight to reclaim the paintings eventually took her to the United States Supreme Court and pitted her not just against Austria but also against the US Government which asked the Supreme Court to reject her case. After Maria finally emerged victorious in 2006, one of the paintings - the "Golden Portrait" of Maria's aunt, Adele Bloch Bauer - was sold to cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder for $135m, becoming the world's most expensive painting ever sold. The other four paintings were recently auctioned at Christie's for record prices.

Credits

Stealing Klimt Cast

Name Character
Joseph Goebbels He was 109, 47 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels)
Adolf Hitler He was 120, 56 years old when he died as Himself (archive footage)

Stealing Klimt Crew

Name Department
Walter Ludwig as Transportation Coordinator. He was 54 (now 71) years old Crew
Ulli Bonnekamp as Cinematography. Crew
Stealing Klimt (17 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
  • Runtime: 92 minutes
  • Budget: 320000.00