11 Years Later, Ryan Reynolds and Helen Mirren's Forgotten WWII Drama Resurfaces

Peacock’s March slate leans heavily on big library drops, and among the arrivals is a quietly compelling Ryan Reynolds drama that isn’t a war movie in the usual sense. The courtroom-focused film follows Holocaust survivor Maria Altmann, played by Helen Mirren, as she fights to reclaim a Gustav Klimt portrait of her aunt that was stolen by the Nazis and later held by Austria.

Reynolds portrays her attorney, Randol, anchoring a story that works as both a moral mission and a procedural pressure-cooker. The true-story historical drama runs 109 minutes, was directed by Simon Curtis and released April 10, 2015, with writing by Alexi Kaye Campbell and producers David M.

Thompson and Kris Thykier. The film was a commercial success, grossing $61 million against an $11 million production budget. It officially arrived on Peacock on March 1 and is available to stream now, offering an accessible entry point for viewers who prefer WWII-adjacent stories told through legal stakes rather than battlefield spectacle.

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