Klimt (2006) on Netflix
Gustav Klimt, Vienna's leading painter, lies in a hospital undergoing mercury treatments for syphilis. As he is treated, his life comes back to him as vignettes of models and commissions.
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Late in life, Gustav Klimt is in a hospital receiving mercury treatments for syphilis. While he is treated, his life comes back to him in a string of vignettes. Klimt has become a leading painter in Vienna, and his work is celebrated across Austrian society. Nude models fill his studio, posing for his drawings and oils, and he takes many of them as lovers. A government official brings him commissions from the Ministry of Culture. The painter Egon Schiele visits him, and Klimt depicts two women he loves, Emilie Floege and the Paris actress Lea de Castro.
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