The film follows Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), a Jewish World War II survivor who fought the Austrian government to get back several paintings by artist Gustav Klimt that were pilfered from her family during wartime.
Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany will play a young Mirren in flashback sequences. Ryan Reynolds will play the attorney who took his case--at one point The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield was lined up to play the role that Ryan now has.
Daniel Brühl.will play Reynolds' adversary.
Simon Curtis is directing from a script written by Alexi Kaye Campbell.
David Thompson and Kris Thykier will produce the film.
Production started last week.
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