John Malkovich as Gustav Klimt - 9 new Pictures !

Today we added 9 new pictures for Raoul Ruiz's upcoming movie "Klimt". The film spans the years 1900 to 1918, the last 18 years of Gustav Klimt’s (portrayed by John Malkovich) life. Between academicism and modernity, between statecraft and free art, Klimt manages to expound the contradictions of his time. His fascination for the dancer (Saffron Burrows) shapes his life almost to the same degree as do his artistic activities. He is at the mercy of his feelings for this dancer, and at the same time suffers from his inability to show the same feelings to his devoted friend Midi. But who is this mysterious dancer?

More than a mere personality, the dancer is an apparition, a woman of the half-world. Half woman of the world, half kept lover. She is an artist and a dancer, and Klimt is fascinated by her, even though nobody really knows whether it is she herself that acts or one of her doppelgangers.During the Paris World Fair, 1900. Klimt and Midi, his loyal friend and companion, have travelled from Vienna on the occasion of the award of the gold medal for his work "Philosophy". During the course of the evening, Klimt once again meets the man in the mirror, who is introduced to him as the secretary from the embassy.

In Klimt’s honour, a film produced by Georges Méliès is shown, which portrays a fictitious encounter between Klimt and a world-famous dancer. Klimt is fascinated by the film and its female lead, the dancer’s double.Later that evening, the secretary accompanies Klimt to the house of the duke Octave Wolff Helenia, where the dancer also lives. Klimt is confused. Is he confronted with the real dancer or her double?

When the two become lovers, the dancer asks Klimt to paint her portrait. Klimt arranges for Midi to return to Vienna on her own. He stays in Paris with the dancer. After a few exhilarating days, the dancer’s mood changes, it is becoming more and more disheartening. She leaves Paris without saying good-bye and Klimt returns to Vienna. But the mysterious dancer has not vanished. When the artist meets her in Vienna again, a huge surprise awaits him.....

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Klimt Movie Pictures Gallery.

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