{"id":67389,"date":"2024-01-22T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T08:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=67389"},"modified":"2025-10-05T19:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T18:00:52","slug":"woman-in-gold-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/woman-in-gold-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman in Gold film locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningoldsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Upper floors of a historical building\" class=\"wp-image-67388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningoldsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningoldsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds star in this version of Maria Altmann&#8217;s attempts to reclaim Gustav Klimt&#8217;s famous painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer from the Austrian government. Vienna played itself in many scenes\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Notable locations include Belvedere, the Rathaus, the Sacher Hotel, the Staatsoper, the Konzerthaus and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Film\" rel=\"sponsored\">historical walking tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gustav-klimt-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3544\">Klimt at Belvedere<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/vienna-book-song-film\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1684\">Vienna at the movies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where was The Woman in Gold filmed?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/academyoffinearts2023.jpg\" alt=\"View of the main entrance of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna\" class=\"wp-image-64253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/academyoffinearts2023.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/academyoffinearts2023-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna played a significant role)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Much of this 2015 biographical drama takes place in Vienna and features real locations in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have &#8220;present day&#8221; shots as Maria and her lawyer treat with the authorities. And we have flashbacks to Vienna of the late 1930s. This was when the Nazis &#8220;confiscated&#8221; (i.e. stole) Klimt&#8217;s portrait of Maria&#8217;s aunt, a painting long known as <em>The Woman in Gold<\/em> rather than today&#8217;s <em>Adele Bloch-Bauer I<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We identified as many Viennese locations as we could from watching the film. Mostly outdoor scenes; we struggled a bit with interiors, many of which were likely filmed elsewhere. For example, the film&#8217;s version of the exhibition gallery in Belvedere is the Great Hall of 1, Great George Street in Westminster, London!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, let us begin\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ededed\">(<strong>Warning:<\/strong> may contain spoilers.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heldenplatz and Neue Burg<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg\" alt=\"The Neue Burg\" class=\"wp-image-50414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Neue Burg wing of the Hofburg appears a couple of times as background)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the US scenes that begin the movie, Maria and Randol (her lawyer) arrive in Vienna, and we &#8220;see&#8221; them in a taxi driving across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/heldenplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2748\">Heldenplatz square<\/a>, past the equestrian statue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/archduke-karl-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40941\">Archduke Karl<\/a> and through the monumental <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burgtor\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"47310\">Burgtor<\/a> gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then catch a view of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/neue-burg\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1493\">Neue Burg<\/a> out of the car window. (Which, incidentally, would mean the taxi was now driving back in exactly the opposite direction across Heldenplatz).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich.jpg\" alt=\"Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz viewed from Neustiftgasse\" class=\"wp-image-67384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Location of the outdoor caf\u00e9 scene)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey continues, and the taxi comes to a stop (ostensibly on Neustiftgasse) outside an outdoor caf\u00e9. We have a flashback, where Maria sees her younger self with aunt Adele in that caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz: a historical square around the Ulrichskirche church in Vienna&#8217;s 7th district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ulrichskirche has origins in the 1200s, though today&#8217;s church is the early 18th-century iteration. The location appears again later and has appeared in other productions, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/vienna-blood-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22811\">first episode of Vienna Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hotel Sacher<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hotelsacher.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Sacher\" class=\"wp-image-42674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hotelsacher.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hotelsacher-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Front entrance to the hotel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our pair of protagonists then check in to their hotel&#8230;played by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/accommodation\/fivestarhotels\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18\">prestigious Sacher Hotel<\/a> opposite the rear of the Staatsoper opera house. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/cafespubsbars\/cafe-sacher\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22285\">Caf\u00e9 Sacher<\/a> is particularly popular with visitors (consider a reservation to avoid queues).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz, the hotel is also no stranger to movie making. See, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/sachertorte-movie-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58231\">Sachertorte romcom<\/a> or, famously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/third-man-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31222\">The Third Man<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rooseveltplatz<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRoosevelt.jpg\" alt=\"Arched colonnade on Roosevelt Platz\" class=\"wp-image-67383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRoosevelt.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRoosevelt-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The protagonists appear on foot here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria and Randol then emerge from a columned arcade on Rooseveltplatz square (number 2), which leads away from Universit\u00e4tstra\u00dfe. The arcade fronts a specialist library of the University of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our pair turn the corner and look across to Maria&#8217;s former home where Frankgasse joins the square.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank.jpg\" alt=\"Historical building on the corner of Frankgasse and Roosevelt Platz\" class=\"wp-image-67377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The film version of the Altmann apartment building)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trees you catch an occasional glimpse of actually surround the huge neogothic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/votivkirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27630\">Votivkirche<\/a>. The Altmann apartment would have had lovely views across the park to the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staatsoper<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/staatsoperday.jpg\" alt=\"State Opera House by day\" class=\"wp-image-43278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/staatsoperday.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/staatsoperday-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The rear of the state opera house)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria and Randol then meet journalist Hubertus Czernin on the east side of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/opera\/staatsoper\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1071\">Staatsoper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we experience the conversation from Hubertus&#8217;s perspective, you can again see the Sacher Hotel in the background; the hotel overlooks the opera house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belvedere art museums<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upperbelvedere23.jpg\" alt=\"Museum entrance to Upper Belvedere\" class=\"wp-image-67391\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upperbelvedere23.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/upperbelvedere23-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Upper Belvedere)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We later witness the trio&#8217;s visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3308\">Belvedere<\/a>, to see &#8220;The Woman In Gold&#8221; (the <em>Adele Bloch-Bauer<\/em> portrait) on display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scene begins with a walk through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/baroque-gardens\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3395\">gardens<\/a> leading away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/lower-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3384\">Lower Belvedere palace<\/a>. The camera follows the actors as they walk past, thus eventually revealing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/upper-belvedere-palace\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3521\">Upper Belvedere palace<\/a>, still home to numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gustav-klimt-belvedere\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3544\">Klimt paintings<\/a> today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rathaus<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRathaus.jpg\" alt=\"One side of the Rathaus\" class=\"wp-image-67382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRathaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldRathaus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Most people only see the front of the Rathaus. This side has the entrance to the library)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another flashback follows shortly showing a Nazi parade. The cars drive down Felderstra\u00dfe and the Swastika-covered building behind is the neogothic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/rathaus-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"267\">Rathaus<\/a>: the seat of Vienna&#8217;s current (left-wing) government.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldMUSA.jpg\" alt=\"Stone columns outside the Wien Museum MUSA\" class=\"wp-image-67381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldMUSA.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldMUSA-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The columns now advertise the current exhibition in the neighbouring MUSA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camera pans across to reveal a young Maria and husband watching events beneath stone columns, which now front the free-to-visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/musa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22139\">musa<\/a> contemporary art venue run by the Wien Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little later, the young couple find their application to leave Austria rejected, a scene that might be in the inner courtyard of the Rathaus (?). They then walk down a couple of streets witnessing Nazi aggression first hand.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningolddomgasse.jpg\" alt=\"Door and window at Domgasse 6\" class=\"wp-image-67392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningolddomgasse.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/womaningolddomgasse-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A Nazi leans out of this window)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, the couple walk north up Blutgasse in the city centre, then turn onto Domgasse (where Mozart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5858\">once lived<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shot where the Nazis throw leaflets from a window and evict people from the house is at Domgasse 6, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank1.jpg\" alt=\"A corner of Roosevelt Platz\" class=\"wp-image-67378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldFrank1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A different angle gives the house a fresh look)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple return home. The exterior shots use the building on Frankgasse again, albeit with changes to its entrance portal and street signs (which had us following false trails for a while). We catch a quick glimpse of part of the Votivkirche when the Nazis arrive and hammer on the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-content-type=\"product\" data-content-ids=\"1029262,976190\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_HistoryTours\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academy of Fine Arts Vienna<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/academyoffinearts-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Fully refurbished since the film appeared)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then return to the present day and another glimpse of Upper Belvedere as Maria and Randol gain access to the archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, the two make their way across to a building marked as hosting the Kunst Restitutions Komitee (Committee for Art Restitution).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This building is the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna on Schillerplatz. As Randol notes in the film, the academy once rejected Hitler&#8217;s application to study art there. The subsequent interior scenes also use the location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public committee proceedings take place in the academy&#8217;s central auditorium, for example, and the conversation with the Belvedere employee occurs in one of the corridors with its notable ceiling d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go into the academy as it has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/gemaldegalerie-paintings-gallery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"42411\">paintings gallery<\/a>, for example, that hosts a series of prestigious public exhibitions of old masters juxtaposed with contemporary works. (The academy actually has a remarkable in-house art collection.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Chase<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich1.jpg\" alt=\"Steps leading up to the Ulrichskirche\" class=\"wp-image-67385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The main entrance to Ulrichtskirche)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria walks back from the committee meeting through Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz (seen from another angle this time) with the steps leading up to the church.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich2.jpg\" alt=\"Shopfront on the Ulrichtskirche\" class=\"wp-image-67386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldUlrich2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(A pharmacy in the film)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here she spots the pharmacy that played a pivotal role in her and her husband&#8217;s escape from house arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This leads into another flashback where we eventually follow the two of them as they flee the pursuing Nazis after going through to the back of the pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, they emerge down a short flight of steps onto the street. This is still Sankt-Ulrichs-Platz and actually an entrance to the church diagonally opposite the pharmacy itself.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker.jpg\" alt=\"Part of the M\u00f6lker Steig\" class=\"wp-image-67379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The couple run around this corner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their escape route is shot as a continuous piece but involves locations scattered across town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we soon see them running along the M\u00f6lker Stieg in the 1st district&#8230;going from the Schreyvogelgasse end to the steps down to Schottengasse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00f6lker Steig provides a lovely historical setting for many film and TV productions. Vienna Blood (again) but also, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/before-sunrise-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36997\">Before Sunrise<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forced to turn back, Maria runs along the elevated road above Schreyvogelgasse with the University of Vienna visible in the distance. This would take her past an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/beethoven-pasqualatihaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4500\">old residence of Beethoven<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker1.jpg\" alt=\"Schreyvogelgasse and the University of Vienna in the distance\" class=\"wp-image-67380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WomanGoldmoelker1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Maria sprints up here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our heroine then appears running down the pavement outside the Wien Museum&#8217;s musa where the Nazi parade took place earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria nips into a building, reunites with her husband, and the chase continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They leave the building using the staggered iron and wooden staircases found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/semperdepot\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"83134\">the Semperdepot<\/a> on Leh\u00e1rgasse (a long way from the musa location): a popular event venue and part of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna we encountered earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staatsoper again<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/albrechtsbrunnen.jpg\" alt=\"Full view of the Albrechtsbrunnen\" class=\"wp-image-49336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/albrechtsbrunnen.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/albrechtsbrunnen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Albrechtsbrunnen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to the modern world&#8230;after hearing the news form the restitution committee, Maria, Randol and Hubertus discuss matters on the west side of the Staatsoper, where the standing room ticket office is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the hotel shot that follows, we get a view down over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/albrechtsbrunnen-danubiusbrunnen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32741\">Albrechtsbrunnen<\/a> wall fountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holocaust memorial<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/holocaustmemorial.jpg\" alt=\"The Holocaust memorial in Vienna\" class=\"wp-image-43028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/holocaustmemorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/holocaustmemorial-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The memorial lists the names of concentration camps on its plinth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving town, Maria and Randol visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/judenplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31702\">Judenplatz square<\/a> to pay their respects at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/holocaust-memorial\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6460\">Holocaust memorial<\/a> designed by Rachel Whiteread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second site of Vienna&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/jewish-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1591\">Jewish Museum<\/a> actually lives behind the memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cityscape<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/athena.jpg\" alt=\"Athena and the Rathhaus in the distance\" class=\"wp-image-43142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/athena.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/athena-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Almost the same shot as in <em>The Woman In Gold<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long series of scenes back in the USA, Randol returns to Vienna, and the filmmakers treat us to a couple of shots of notable locations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/justizpalast\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"45541\">Justizpalast<\/a> with the dome of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/natural-history-museum\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"252\">Naturhistorisches Museum<\/a> behind<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Athena statue in front of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/parlament\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"262\">parliament<\/a> with the tower of the Rathaus behind (both have since been completely renovated)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Neue Burg again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Konzerthaus and Riesenrad<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/konzerthaus.jpg\" alt=\"The Konzerthaus\" class=\"wp-image-43637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/konzerthaus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/konzerthaus-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Konzerthaus, where Randol and Hubertus buy tickets for a Schoenberg concert)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Randol then walks with Hubertus discussing the arbitration panel that has been created to resolve matters. They find themselves passing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/konzerthaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5586\">Konzerthaus<\/a>. Perhaps the subsequent shots of a Schoenberg concert also come from within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria then appears in the following arbitration scene. She, Randol and Hubertus await news of the decision on the Kaiserwiese meadow in front of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/riesenrad\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"271\">Riesenrad giant ferris wheel<\/a>: a regular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/giantferriswheel\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"204\">star of the small and big screen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in the final exterior Vienna scene, Maria and Randol walk past the old home on Frankgasse again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE END (as they like to say in the movies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or almost the end&#8230;here&#8217;s a map of all the locations mentioned above:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=11ZL8irHYmDTIUUANb6OR9bMITkApBCs&#038;ehbc=2E312F&#038;noprof=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos and details of where they filmed the story of Maria Altmann and the Klimt portrait<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-songsfilms","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67389"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86298,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67389\/revisions\/86298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}