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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.
Feb 25, 2022 · The Duke: Directed by Roger Michell. With Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Stephen Rashbrook, James Wilby. In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Apr 22, 2022 · April 22, 2022 11 AM PT. London — In 1961, a man snuck into London’s National Gallery and stole Francisco Goya’s painting of the Duke of Wellington. Kempton Bunton, a retired bus driver from...
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, 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 ...
The Duke is more than just a traditionally made movie about a man who goes on trial for stealing a valuable painting from London's National Gallery.
In 1961, 60-year-old Kempton Bunton stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. He sent ransom notes saying that he would return the painting on condition that the government invested more in care for the elderly.
Feb 25, 2022 · It was his family that stole the famous portrait of Goya's Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
Sep 4, 2020 · Roger Michell's film tells a tall true story — about a working-class Englishman who stole a Goya from the National Gallery — with enjoyable bounce and a surprising political conscience. By Guy ...
Sep 4, 2020 · Jim Broadbent plays a thief with noble intentions and Helen Mirren his grief-hardened wife in 'The Duke,' Roger Michell’s account of a real-life art theft.
Jun 6, 2021 · THE DUKE is the true story of Kempton Bunton, a 60-year old taxi driver, who stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
