Film Synopsis
In 1940, Paris is under Nazi occupation. If the city is bombed who
knows how many great works of art will be lost - the Mona Lisa, the Venus
de Milo, the Raft of the Medusa... This is the matter that concerns
two men who could not be more different - the director of the Louvre Palace,
Jacques Jaujard, and Count Franz Wolff-Metternich, the man appointed by the
Germans to protect France's historic art treasures. These two men must
work together to ensure the survival of the Louvre's priceless exhibits.
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Film Credits
- Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
- Script: Aleksandr Sokurov
- Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel
- Music: Murat Kabardokov
- Cast: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (Jacques Jaujard),
Benjamin Utzerath (Franz Wolff-Metternich),
Vincent Nemeth (Napoléon Bonaparte),
Johanna Korthals Altes (Marianne),
Catherine Limbert (La secrétaire de Jacques Jaujard),
Eric Moreau (Un capitaine allemand),
Andrey Chelpanov,
Jean-Claude Caër,
Aleksandr Sokurov,
Francois Smesny,
Peter Lontzek
- Country: France / Germany / Netherlands
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 88 min