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The Duke is a 2020 British comedy drama film directed by Roger Michell, with a screenplay by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. It is based on the true story of the 1961 theft of the Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Francisco de Goya. The film stars Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Goode. It was ...
The final film from director Roger Michell ("Notting Hill") blends true crime with understated comedy, to charming effect
The pairing of Broadbent with Helen Mirren, warmly weary if a bit under-tested as Bunton’s salt-of-the-earth wife Dorothy, will make “The Duke” a major attraction to ill-served mature ...
Kempton Bunton (14 June 1904–April 1976) was an English man who confessed to taking Francisco Goya's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. [3] [2] [4] The story of Bunton and the painting was the subject of the October 2015 BBC Radio 4 drama Kempton and the Duke, and the 2020 film The Duke.
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Mirren at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival Dame Helen Mirren is an English actor known for her prolific career in film, television, and on stage taking roles both dramatic and comedic. SHe has received several honors including an Academy Award , four BAFTA Awards , five Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , and a Tony Award .
'The Duke,' based on a real-life art heist, is the last film from director Roger Michell and it stars Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. 'The Duke,' based on a real-life art heist, is the last film ...
The theft of the original was the subject of the October 2015 BBC Radio 4 drama Kempton and the Duke. [8] The story of the theft and the following trial of Bunton was dramatised in the film The Duke, directed by Roger Michell and starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, which was released in cinemas in the UK on 25 February 2022. [9]