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The Law and Its Ideas: Daniel McClean discusses recovering Nazi stolen art and the Gurlitt hoard.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, it was reported that Clooney was going to produce, write, direct and star in The Monuments Men, the story of a group of art experts selected to find artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

Clooney will direct and star in this adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's book about a disparate group of art experts brought together to recover valuable artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

The true - life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds and Charles Dance

A fascinating true - life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis gets flattened into familiar, feel - good tropes

The plot revolves around renowned art - dealer Charlie Mortdecai, who gets caught up in a race to find a stolen painting that contains the code to a lost bank account full of Nazi gold.

Starring an excellent cast (George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman, and Cate Blanchett), the film focuses on a group of men from the United States, Great Britain and France, who are moved by their love of art to recover the masterpieces that were on the verge of being destroyed by the war, or stolen by the Nazis (and the Soviets), in the waning years of World War II.

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Depp) must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

They make like thieving soldiers to steal art from the Nazis before its destroyed.

Star - studded movie about the search for art stolen by Hitler's Nazis is dubbed a museum piece by reviewers

The film stars Johnny Depp as the roguish Charlie Mortdecai, an art dealer who finds himself in a race to recover a stole painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

The film — which tells the story of the greatest treasure hunt in history — follows the platoon that was tasked by FDR to rescue art treasures stolen by the Nazis.

Who: Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany, Gwyneth Paltrow and Olivia Munn What: Art dealer Charles Mortdecai searches for a stolen painting that's reportedly linked to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumoured to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold.

For instance, the backstory of my book, Deadly Provenance, was World War II and art stolen by the Nazis.

According to Activision's press release, Nazi Zombies lets players «embark on a chilling, dark and mysterious journey through Mittelburg, a snowy Bavarian village in Germany, as they attempt to recover priceless works of art stolen by the Axis powers in World War II.»

Plus: Art historians protest UK museum image reproduction fees Sharjah Biennial 14 curators are announced $ 425,000 Botero bronze is stolen from Paris gallery and Swiss museum returns Nazi - looted 17th - century ornaments

Plus: Art dealer jailed for stealing # 500,000 of works UK government ratifies convention for cultural property protection UK Nazi - era restitution act to be extended Art Basel Cities Buenos Aires announces artistic director

Ezawa will also present a selection of light boxes that further his investigations into stolen works of art, including to - scale recreations of Edvard Munch's The Scream, versions of which were stolen in 1994 and 2004, and Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I, which was appropriated by the Nazi regime in 1938 and was famously repatriated to the Bloch - Bauer family in 2006.

Ezawa also presents a selection of light boxes that further his investigations into stolen works of art, including to - scale recreations of Edvard Munch's «The Scream», versions of which were stolen in 1994 and 2004, and Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I, which was appropriated by the Nazi regime in 1938 and was famously repatriated to the Bloch - Bauer family in 2006.

We move from the empty frame of Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (1890), confiscated by the Nazis from Frankfurt's Städel Museum in 1937, to the video There Is a Criminal Touch to Art (1976), documenting how Ulay stole a Biedermeier painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and installed it in the house of a Kreuzberg - based Turkish family.