Movie
The Monuments Men
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?
Details
- Release date
- 2014-01-24
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- War, Drama, History, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures, Smokehouse Pictures, Obelisk Productions, Studio Babelsberg
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- George Clooney as Lt. Frank Stokes
- Matt Damon as Lt. James Granger
- Bill Murray as Sgt. Richard Campbell
- John Goodman as Sgt. Walter Garfield
- Cate Blanchett as Claire Simone
- Hugh Bonneville as 2nd Lt. Donald Jeffries
- Sam Hazeldine as Colonel Langton
- Jean Dujardin as 2nd Lt. Jean-Claude Clermont
- Bob Balaban as Pvt. Preston Savitz
- Holger Handtke as Colonel Wegner
- Dimitri Leonidas as Pvt. Sam Epstein
- Justus von Dohnányi as Viktor Stahl
Crew
- George Clooney - Director
- George Clooney - Screenplay
- Grant Heslov - Screenplay
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