The Duke

In 1961, a 60 year old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

Keywords

  • Based on a True Story
  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Escape to London
  • Film Fest Gent !
  • Painting in Cinema
  • True Story

Actors

  • Jim Broadbent
  • Helen Mirren
  • Matthew Goode
  • Aimee Kelly
  • Fionn Whitehead

Director

  • Roger Michell

Drama


1h 35min


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United Kingdom
2021
In 1961, a 60 year old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

In 1961, a 60 year old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.


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