This film portrays the true story of Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) the refugee niece and heir of a prominent Jewish family in pre-WW II Vienna. Maria's best known relative was her Aunt Adele, whose portrait, Gustav Klimt painted in 1907, titled "Woman in Gold". This painting along with many other art treasures owned by Maria's family were stolen by the Nazis and wound up in Austrian museums, such as Vienna's famous Belvedere Gallery.
Woman in Gold was a beautiful movie about an ugly period in history...unfortunately "man's inhumanity to man" continues around the world today.
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