The Monuments Men( 2014)

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It was the greatest art heist in history

Overview

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

Top Billed Cast

George Clooney
Lt. Frank Stokes
Matt Damon
Lt. James Granger
Bill Murray
Sgt. Richard Campbell
John Goodman
Sgt. Walter Garfield
Cate Blanchett
Claire Simone
Hugh Bonneville
2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
Sam Hazeldine
Colonel Langton
Jean Dujardin
2nd Lt. Jean-Claude Clermont
Bob Balaban
Pvt. Preston Savitz
Holger Handtke
Colonel Wegner
Dimitri Leonidas
Pvt. Sam Epstein
Justus von Dohnányi
Viktor Stahl
Zahari Baharov
Commander Elya
Diarmaid Murtagh
Captain Harpen
Serge Hazanavicius
Rene Armand
Udo Kroschwald
Hermann Goering
Grant Heslov
Doctor
Michael Brandner
Dentist
Luc Feit
Aachen Vicar
Claudia Geisler-Bading
Stahl's Wife
Andrew Alexander
Major Piper
Michael Hofland
Priest (Claude)
Miles Jupp
Major Feilding
Alexandre Desplat
Émile
Emil von Schönfels
Sniper Boy
Aurélia Poirier
Young French Girl
Matthew Maguire
Young Dying Soldier
Michael Dalton
President Roosevelt
Christian Rodska
President Truman
Stefan Kolosko
German Commander
Thomas Wingrich
German 2nd in Command
Oliver Devoti
Colonel at Caen
James Payton
Hitler
Lucas Tavernier
St. Bavo Priest
Oscar Copp
French Truck Driver
Luciana Castellucci
Nun
Declan Mills
Siegen Private
Richard Crehan
Brit Private
Corin Stuart
Brit GI Translator
André Hinderlich
German POW
Maximilian Seidel
German POW
Marcel Mols
Bruges Priest
Matt Rippy
Colonel Gregg
John Dagleish
ADSEC Sarge
Andrew Byron
Supply Sergeant
Nicolas Heidrich
Stahl's Child
Aidan Sharp
Stahl's Child
Xavier Laurent
French Armed Man
Ben-Ryan Davies
Brit Private - Bruges
Nick Clooney
Older Stokes
Joel Basman
German Soldier at Ghent
Adrian Bouchet
Sarge Near Altaussee
Joe Reynolds
Stokes' Son
Levi Strasser
Stokes' Grandson
Piet Paes
Priest in Truck
Audrey Marnay
Jean-Claude's Wife
Jim Dines
Trawler Skipper
Marc Rolfe
US Solider
Nora Sagal
Campbell's Daughter (voice)
Avery June Jones
Campbell's Granddaughter (voice)
James Audrey Jones
Campbell's Granddaughter (voice)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Apr 15 2022

George Clooney starred, co-wrote and directed this interesting wartime drama. It centres around an elite squad sent to try to rescue precious works of art from the retreating Nazi war machine. Not elite in an SAS or SEAL type military sense, but dedicated to identifying and preserving these artefacts that could be anything from a small painting to a life-sized statue. Historically and logistically it is all over the place, but it has a feel-good sentiment to it for the most part. It focusses on another quite visceral, but perhaps less often considered aspect of the atrocities to posterity carri...