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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 2, 2015

Film chronicling Nazi art restitution case features LA lawyers

Litigator E. Randol Schoenberg is brought to life by Ryan Reynolds in "Woman in Gold," following five Jewish heirs' journey to reclaim Klimt paintings.


By America Hernandez


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Nearly 15 years after Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg sued Austria to reclaim five WWII-era Gustav Klimt paintings on behalf of Jewish heirs, the silver screen adaptation of the courtroom battle is set to open in select theaters Wednesday and everywhere Friday.


Ryan Reynolds plays Schoenberg in "Woman in Gold," which also stars Helen Mirren as his client Maria Altmann.

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