UKJFF: Stealing Klimt
- Genre: Documentary
- Film running length: 92 min
(excl trailers and advertisements) - UK release date: 27/2/2008
- Directed by: Jane Chablani
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Distributor: Uk Jewish Film Festival
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The Holocaust was not just the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft of art in history. This dramatic film recounts the decades long struggle by Maria Altmann, born and raised in Austria, to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938, and which have been hanging in the Austrian National Gallery since 1945.
“Propelled by eloquent talking heads, this detective tale brims with juicy plot points exposing how 20th-century crimes continue to create unsightly bulges under 21st-century rugs.” Variety Magazine
The Holocaust was not just the greatest murder in history; it was also the greatest theft of art in history. This dramatic film recounts the decades long struggle by Maria Altmann, born and raised in Austria, to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938, and which have been hanging in the Austrian National Gallery since 1945.
“Propelled by eloquent talking heads, this detective tale brims with juicy plot points exposing how 20th-century crimes continue to create unsightly bulges under 21st-century rugs.” Variety Magazine
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UKJFF: Stealing Klimt
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