Woman in Gold (film)

Woman in Gold
UK theatrical release poster
Directed bySimon Curtis
Written byAlexi Kaye Campbell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoss Emery
Edited byPeter Lambert
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) (Berlin)
  • 1 April 2015 (2015-04-01) (United States)
  • 10 April 2015 (2015-04-10) (United Kingdom)
Running time
109 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[4]
  • Germany
  • Austria
LanguagesEnglish
German
Budget$11 million[1]
Box office$61.6 million[1]

Woman in Gold is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Pryce.

The film is based on the true story of Maria Altmann, an elderly Jewish refugee living in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, who, together with her young lawyer, Randy Schoenberg, fought the government of Austria for almost a decade to reclaim Gustav Klimt's iconic painting of her aunt Adele Bloch-Bauer, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which was stolen from her relatives by the Nazis in Vienna just prior to World War II. Altmann took her legal battle all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled on the case Republic of Austria v. Altmann (2004).

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.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Woman in Gold (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ Rosser, Michael (30 January 2015). "SquareOne acquires Woman In Gold for Germany, Austria". Screen International. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ "'Woman in Gold' (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "BFI Statistics 2015: UK independent films win audiences in a blockbuster box office year". British Film Institute. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. ^ Rosser, Michael (15 January 2015). "Berlin 2015: Woman in Gold, Life to world premiere in Gala strand". Screen Daily. Retrieved 7 June 2015.