The Rape of Europa

20062006
UnratedUnrated
1h 57m

The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.The story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.

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Directors
Writers
- Richard Berge
- Bonni Cohen
- Jon Else(additional writer)
Stars
- Joan Allen(voice)
- E. Randol Schoenberg
- Maria Altmann

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Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations

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THE RAPE OF EUROPA takes the audience on a journey through seven countries telling a story of greed and warfare that threatened the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art. Young art historians and curators from America and across Europe fought back, mounting a campaign to rescue and return countless art works displaced by the war. Joan Allen narrates this chronicle about the battle over centuries of western culture. —Actual Films

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Taglines
- Imagine The World Without Our Masterpieces
Genres
Certificate
- Unrated
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Connections
Referenced in The Monuments Men (2014)

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9/10

A very powerful documentary that shows how the movie theater is a social force

As everyone in America retreats to their suburban mansions and the computer screens, it is a great experience to go out to the movies and see a film of real social import. If you love history and art, like I do, you certainly do not want to miss this film. The brutal effects of Nazi destruction never goes away, it keeps on coming, like a nightmare from the 20th century that we are all dreaming about. This film demonstrates the innate power of art. It shows, through a deep examination of the looting of Europe's treasures, what these works really meant to the countries who had them. And it reveals the utterly strange connection between the life of Hitler, failed art student, and the hellish destruction he unleashed on the world. In this season of filmic dreck at the mall, this strong documentary is definitely worth seeking out.

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