imagine… - Season 11 - Eps 2: Stealing Klimt
Alan Yentob tells the story of the struggle by 90-year-old Maria Altmann to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938 and which have hung in the Austrian National Gallery ever since. It chronicles Maria's early life in glittering fin-de-siecle Vienna, her escape from Nazi terror and her fight to recover the Klimts against all the odds, which takes her to the US Supreme Court and pits her not just against Austria, but also against the Bush administration.
About imagine…
Title: imagine…
First Air Date: 2003-06-11
Last Air Date: 2024-04-16
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 52
Total Episodes: 339
Network: BBC One
Genres: Documentary, News
Production Companies: BBC, BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions
Synopsis
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
Cast
Alan Yentob
Self - Presenter
