The Monuments Men

“It was the greatest art heist in history”

6.1(3,859)20141h 58m

WarDramaHistory

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?

Director

George Clooney

Budget

$70.0M

Revenue

$155.0M

Monuments Men - "The Curator" Featurette

Featurette

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

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

4y ago

6.0

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...