What Do These Have In Common?

by dgranger | created - 30 Mar 2018 | updated - 03 May 2018 | Public

The answer: the keywords “Nazis Stolen Art”, “Art theft”, and “World War 2”. All these films and shows talk about the various phazes of the story of the Nazis looting and stealing art works. Understand that looting for valuable items, not just artwork, happens in every war. Therefore, not just one single group can be blamed for this. And I can make a poll of movies showing looting during war. But the Nazis were by far the most systematic at stealing art work. And understand, that when considering weather to save lives or artwork in war, saving lives is far more important. But when they steal and destroyed artwork, they were not just stealing a valuable item monetary. They were stealing culture and history. And by destroying some of it, they were trying to erase history and rewrite it. This subject is still relevant today because of the looting during the Iraq war and ISIS destroying churches, and archeological sites. But for this poll, we shall limit it to artwork, and the Nazis of World War 2. Which of these tells their part of the Nazis stealing the artwork story the best?

(Note: for an unbelievable but funny tv comedy of the 1960’s, Hogan's Heroes (1965) had the courage to mention, in one episode, the subject when most television of that period stayed away from it.)

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1. Woman in Gold (2015)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, History

51 Metascore

Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Director: Simon Curtis | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes

Votes: 63,192 | Gross: $33.31M

2. The Monuments Men (2014)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War

52 Metascore

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 141,114 | Gross: $78.03M

3. The Train (1964)

Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Thriller, War

80 Metascore

In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.

Directors: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon

Votes: 18,863 | Gross: $7.41M

4. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Art for Hogan's Sake (1966)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

An assertive Gen. Burkhalter "requisitions" the famous Édouard Manet painting, "The Fife Player," from the Louvre museum in Paris to give to Hermann Goering as a birthday present. Undaunted... See full summary »

Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 193

5. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: Heroines (2018)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

Tiffany Haddish, Evan Rachel Wood, Busy Philipps and Mandy Moore pay tribute to the first woman to fight in the Revolutionary War and receive a pension, a museum curator who saved art from the Nazis and Civil War hero Clara Barton.

Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Derek Waters, Paget Brewster, Tiffany Haddish, Amber Ruffin

Votes: 180

6. Raiders of the Lost Art (2014– )
Episode: Monuments Men (2014)

44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

During WWII the Nazis plundered some of the world's greatest art works as they tore across Europe. We find out how the Allies tracked them down, what they saved and what it still missing to this day.

Directors: Cal Seville, Daniel Kontur | Star: Joseph Lindoe

Votes: 20

7. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After surviving multiple assassination attempts by Mr. Burns to inherit a cache of artwork they stole from the Nazis, Grampa teams up with Bart to recover the paintings.

Director: Jeffrey Lynch | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,111

8. Hunting Nazi Treasure (2017–2018)

Documentary, History, Mystery

During WWII, the Nazis stole countless priceless treasures from all over Europe. Monuments Men Foundation President, Robert Edsel, journalist Conor Woodman, and WWII historian James Holland explore this greatest heist in history.

Stars: Conor Woodman, James Holland, Robert M. Edsel, Ari Cohen

Votes: 84



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