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Woman In Gold (2015)

Directed by: Simon Curtis
Produced by: David M. Thompson, Kris Thykier
Written by: Alexi Kaye Campbell, E. Randol Schoenbery (life story), Maria Altmann (life story)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Max Irons, Charles Dance

Sixty years after fleeing Vienna, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), an elderly Jewish woman, attempts to reclaim family possessions that were seized by the Nazis. Among them is a famous portrait of Maria's beloved Aunt Adele: Gustave Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I." With the help of young lawyer Randy Schoeberg (Ryan Reynolds), Maria embarks upon a lengthy legal battle to recover this painting and several others, but it will not be easy, for Austria considers them national treasures.