Kurt Waldheim
Biography: Kurt Waldheim was the United Nations secretary-general from 1972-81 and the president of Austria from 1986-92.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 21, 1918
Deathday: June 14, 2007
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Waldheim: A Commission of Inquiry
1988-06-05
Waldheim: A Commission of Inquiry
Overview: A mock trial, featuring 5 international judges, to evaluate whether Austrian president and former U.N. secretary-general Kurt Waldheim should be tried as a war criminal.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-05
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Stealing Klimt
2007-05-15
Stealing Klimt
Overview: Stealing Klimt recounts the struggle by 90-year-old Maria Altmann to recover five Gustav Klimt paintings stolen from her family by the Nazis in Vienna. From the end of the War up until last year, these paintings hung in the Austrian National Gallery. The film covers Maria's early life in glittering fin-de-siècle Vienna, her dramatic escape from Nazi terror and her courageous fight to recover the five Klimt's against all the odds. Maria's fight to reclaim the paintings eventually took her to the United States Supreme Court and pitted her not just against Austria but also against the US Government which asked the Supreme Court to reject her case. After Maria finally emerged victorious in 2006, one of the paintings - the "Golden Portrait" of Maria's aunt, Adele Bloch Bauer - was sold to cosmetics tycoon Ronald Lauder for $135m, becoming the world's most expensive painting ever sold. The other four paintings were recently auctioned at Christie's for record prices.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-15
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The Waldheim Waltz
2018-10-04
The Waldheim Waltz
Overview: Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress during his Austrian presidential campaign, the denial by the Austrian political class, the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, which finally led to his election.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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