The Duke
Film · 96 min · English · 2021
Directed by Roger Michell
In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver steals 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 happens next becomes the stuff of legend.
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- United Kingdom
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- 2026-09-27
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- MRR-2021-FLM-913193
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