An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
- Commander Elya
- (as Zahary Baharov)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "Monuments Men" were a group of approximately 345 men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created MFAA section during World War II. Many had expertise as museum directors, curators, art historians, artists, architects, and educators. Their job description was simple: to protect cultural treasures so far as war allowed.
- GoofsWhen Lt. James Granger flies over Paris in the biplane in the evening, the Eiffel Tower is illuminated. However, the lighting of the Tower and its illumination system date from no earlier than 1985. Originally the Eiffel Tower's lighting spelled out the French Car brand 'Citroen' vertically.
- Quotes
Frank Stokes: I think you should know the truth as I see it. This mission is never designed to succeed. If they were honest, they would tell us that. They'd tell us that with this many people dying, who cares about art. They're wrong. Because that's exactly what we're fighting for. For our culture and for our way of life. You can wipe out a generation of people. You can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they'll still come back. But if you destroy their achievements and their history then it's like they never existed. Just ash floating. That's what Adolf Hitler wants. And it's the one thing we simply can't allow.
- Crazy creditsAt the beginning of the end credits there are black and white photos of the real Monuments Men with some of the art they saved.
- SoundtracksNight And Day
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Patrick Peronne (as Patrick Péronne)
Courtesy of Promo Sound Ltd
The Monuments Men is a 2014 American-German war-comedy-drama war film directed by George Clooney, written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov, and with all-star cast such as Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. Loosely based on the non-fiction book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, by Robert M. Edsel. This action drama follows an Allied group, the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction by Hitler during World War II . Intentions are noble and its cast is impressive, but neither can compensate for The Monuments Men results to be stiffly nostalgic and curiously slack narrative . The picture is pretty well , though the sense that the film is episodic and poorly structured . Principal photography by Phedon Papamichael began at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam, Germany, in the Berlin-Brandenburg region , being filmed on location Bad Grund, Lower Saxony , Osterwieck, Saxony-Anhalt, Merseburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin , Germany and especially Neuschwanstein Castle , Bavaria, the castle where the art is stored. Evocative and appropriate musical score by Alexandre Desplat who also appears as a secondary actor . This lavishly film was well co-produced by Columbia Pictures in association with 20th Century Fox and Babelsberg Studio, being compellingly directed and produced by George Clooney . However , the film received mixed reviews from critics .
The flick was based on actual historical events , they are the followings : The "Monuments Men," were a group of approximately 345 men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created MFAA section during World War II. Many had expertise as museum directors, curators, art historians, artists, architects, and educators. As a platoon going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners . Their job description was simple: to protect cultural treasures so far as war allowed. A task force appointed to research the origin of the robbed art has said that thousands pictures and sculptures fall into the category of art looted or extorted by the Nazis from Jewish collectors . These include pieces by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne and others.
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- Jan 7, 2015
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- Also known as
- Kho Báu Bị Đánh Cắp
- Filming locations
- Rye, East Sussex, England, UK(The strand, the harbour and many other areas of the town and surrounding area.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,031,620
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,003,433
- Feb 9, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $156,706,638
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1