Stealing Klimt (2007)
May 15, 2007Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
![Maria Altmann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maria Altmann
Self
![Michael J. Bazyler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael J. Bazyler
Self
![Hubertus Czernin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hubertus Czernin
Self
![Gerbert Frodl](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gerbert Frodl
Self (archive footage)
![Elisabeth Gehrer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elisabeth Gehrer
Self (archive footage)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/52619-joseph-goebbels.webp)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage)
![Adolf Hitler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31373-adolf-hitler.webp)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
![Willi Korte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Willi Korte
Self
![Sophie Lillie](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sophie Lillie
Self
![Jonathan Petropoulos](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jonathan Petropoulos
Self
![E. Randol Schoenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
E. Randol Schoenberg
Self
![Arthur Seyss-Inquart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Self (archive footage)
![Martin Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Martin Smith
Writer
![Monica Strauss](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Monica Strauss
Self
![Gottfried Toman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gottfried Toman
Self
![Kurt Waldheim](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/321553-kurt-waldheim.webp)
Kurt Waldheim
Self (archive footage)
![Chris Elliott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chris Elliott
Composer
![Tina Walzer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tina Walzer
Self
![Roger Graef](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/386426-roger-graef.webp)
Roger Graef
Executive Producer
![Bernhard Hoefer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bernhard Hoefer
Director of Photography
![Ulli Bonnekamp](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ulli Bonnekamp
Director of Photography
![Simon Fanthorpe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Simon Fanthorpe
Director of Photography
![Tim Schwarzmaier](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/320617-tim-schwarzmaier.webp)
Tim Schwarzmaier
Executive Producer
![Shelagh Brady](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Shelagh Brady
Editor
![Jane Bevan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jane Bevan
Line Producer
![Michelle Galvin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michelle Galvin
Production Coordinator
![Martin Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Martin Smith
Executive Producer / Writer
![Paul Dosaj](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Paul Dosaj
Editor
![Hubertus Czernin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hubertus Czernin
Thanks
![Niklas Tesch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Niklas Tesch
Sound
![Walter Ludwig](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Ludwig
Transportation Coordinator
![Jane Chablani](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jane Chablani
Director
![Chris Elliott](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chris Elliott
Music
![Joseph Keppler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Keppler
Sound
![Bob Schuck](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob Schuck
Sound
![Roger Pietschmann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Roger Pietschmann
Sound
![Gilonne D'Origny](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gilonne D'Origny
Executive Producer
![Judy Parkinson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Judy Parkinson
Production Manager
![Hunter Moore](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hunter Moore
Sound
Details.
Release DateMay 15, 2007
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Budget$320,000
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Stealing Klimt is a 2007 documentary film about Maria Altmann's attempt to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938, from Austria.It formed the inspiration for the 2015 movie, Woman in Gold and received a credit to that effect ("Inspired by the documentary, Stealing Klimt").
The paintings included Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, the portrait of Altmann's aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, which had been renamed the Woman in Gold. Stealing Klimt recounts Altmann's youth in early 20th century Vienna, her escape from the Nazis and her struggle to recover the five paintings.
Altmann selected Randol Schoenberg, a Californian lawyer with an Austrian background, to represent her in her legal quest to recover the five Klimts. Altmann and Schoenberg were assisted by Hubertus Czernin, an Austrian journalist who had previously investigated and revealed the World War II activities of Kurt Waldheim, former President of Austria and UN Secretary General.
Altmann's legal battle eventually ended up in the US Supreme Court where she had to face not only Austria but also the US State Department.
The US Supreme Court gave jurisdiction over Austria and an Austrian arbitration panel then decided that the five paintings belonged to her. Ronald Lauder paid $135 million for the Woman in Gold to hang in his Neue Galerie in New York. The other paintings were sold through Christie's to private buyers.