Actor Jim Broadbent meets the costar of his new film 'The Duke' for the first time: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/st...

'The Duke' is released in UK cinemas from 25 February. Book your tickets here: https://thedukefilm.co.uk/

In 1961, the National Gallery suffered one of the most shocking incidents in its history: the theft of a magnificent, newly acquired portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Goya.The unlikely suspect behind this major heist? Kempton Bunton, a retired pensioner from Newcastle.

Now the subject of new film 'The Duke' – starring Jim Broadbent as Bunton – Broadbent comes facetoface with the original painting for the first time.

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