Dramatic film "Woman in Gold" tells about the struggle of an elderly woman Mary Altman for Justice, which was deprived of her family during World War II. Maria was born and grew up in Vienna in a very well-to-do family, who had a rich heritage. But the War raised and Austria. During the War, the Nazis destroyed the family of Mary, killed friends, robbed of property, forced Mary to flee home and loved ones. Having experienced all the Horrors of War, it became a new home in the United States.
But injustice is haunted by a woman. Many decades later Maria decides to fight to bring back family values, the Nazis selected Paul centuries ago. Among them were paintings by Gustav Klimt, but most valuable for Maria was the painting "portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer", also called "Golden Woman", which shows her aunt. It is this painting has become a sort of Mona Lisa but Austria, Maria is determined to restore justice with the help of a young and committed lawyer Rjendola Schoenberg.