Woman in gold

Author

Simon Curtis

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH)

Languages

In English or Spanish, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, Jonathan Pryce.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, CA : The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (109 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; some thematic elements and brief strong language.

Summary

Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Gustav Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way.

Notes

Based on the life stories of E. Randol Schoenberg and Maria Altmann.

DVD release of the 2015 motion picture.

Special features: The making of Woman in Gold ; feature commentary with director Simon Curtis and producer David M. Thompson ; Stealing Klimt documentary trailer.