---
title: 'Klimt (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raúl Ruiz'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 129
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/klimt-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417871/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Klimt (2006)

2006 · 129 min · Drama, History · Germany, United Kingdom, France, Austria


## Synopsis

Klimt is a 2006 biographical film about the life of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). It was written and directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz, with an English screenplay adaptation by Gilbert Adair. The director of photography was Ricardo Aronovich, and the music was composed by Jorge Arriagada. The title role is played by John Malkovich and the cast includes Stephen Dillane. Both a 130-minute-long director's cut and a shortened producer's cut of 96 minutes were shown at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.
A few months later the film was shown at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where it was nominated for two awards, winning the Russian Film Clubs Federation Award.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raúl Ruiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-ruiz)
- **Screenplay:** [Raúl Ruiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-ruiz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jorge Arriagada](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-arriagada)
- **Producer:** [Paulo Branco](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulo-branco)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ricardo Aronovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-aronovich)
- **Editor:** [Valeria Sarmiento](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeria-sarmiento)

## Cast

- [Aglaia Szyszkowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/aglaia-szyszkowitz)
- [Stephen Dillane](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-dillane)
- [Ernst Stötzner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-stotzner)
- [Veronica Ferres](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-ferres)
- [Annemarie Düringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/annemarie-duringer)
- [Nicole Beutler](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-beutler)
- [Saffron Burrows](https://cinepixo.com/people/saffron-burrows)
- [Joachim Bißmeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-bi-meier)
- [Sandra Ceccarelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-ceccarelli)
- [Nikolai Kinski](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-kinski)
- [Paul Hilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hilton)
- [Irina Wanka](https://cinepixo.com/people/irina-wanka)
- [Klaus Händl](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-handl)
- [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich)
- [Georg Friedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-friedrich)

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