Review by Joseph Anthony
WOMAN IN GOLD presents the true story of Maria Altman (Helen
Mirren), a Jewish Austrian who fled Vienna as the Nazi’s took control. Austria,
overwhelmed by the Nazi invasion, saw the reign of terror against the Jewish
population begin. As we now know, Nazi’s pillaged the country stealing art and
personal belongings as they went. Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I – a
portrait of Maria’s beloved aunt – was stolen from her family, along with many
of their most cherished possessions.
The masterpiece hung in the
Austrian State Gallery for decades.
