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The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
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7.2/10
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The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, the True Story (2012)
Mona Lisa Is Missing (formerly The Missing Piece) is the story of the greatest little-known art theft of all time. With the most unlikely thief. And no one knows why he really did it. Until now. More than 100 years after the theft of the Mona Lisa, writer/director Joe Medeiros finds the real reason Vincenzo Peruggia stole the masterpiece from the Louvre -- a reason Peruggia's only daughter didn't even know.
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A man steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. His 84-year-old daughter thought he did it for patriotic reasons. A filmmaker spends more than 30 years trying to find the truth.A man steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. His 84-year-old daughter thought he did it for patriotic reasons. A filmmaker spends more than 30 years trying to find the truth.A man steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. His 84-year-old daughter thought he did it for patriotic reasons. A filmmaker spends more than 30 years trying to find the truth.

  • Director
    • Joe Medeiros
  • Writer
    • Joe Medeiros
  • Stars
    • Celestina Peruggia
    • Joe Medeiros
    • Benito Mussolini
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    205
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    • Director
      • Joe Medeiros
    • Writer
      • Joe Medeiros
    • Stars
      • Celestina Peruggia
      • Joe Medeiros
      • Benito Mussolini
    • 6User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Celestina Peruggia
    • Self - 84 years, daughter of Vincenzo Peruggia
    Joe Medeiros
    • Self
    Benito Mussolini
    Benito Mussolini
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Robert K. Wittman
    Robert K. Wittman
    • Self - FBI special agent, investigator in cases involving art theft and art fraud
    • (as Robert Wittman)
    Jérôme Coïgnard
    • Self - art journalist
    Aaron Freundschuh
    • Self - professor of history, Cuny Queens College
    Charles Hill
    • Self - former Scotland Yard investigator in cases involving art theft and art fraud
    Milton Esterow
    • Self - editor and publisher, ARTnews magazine
    Donald Sassoon
    • Self - professor of Comparative European History
    Robert Noah
    • Self - author
    Darian Leader
    • Self - psychoanalyst
    Mary S. Gibson
    • Self - professor, University of Glasgow
    Paolo Sorbi
    • Self
    Sabena Sorbi
    • Self
    Fernando De Stefano
    • Self - on-camera translator
    • (as Nando De Stefano)
    Pierangelo Frigerio
    • Self - historian
    Thomas Hoobler
    • Self - author
    Dorothy Hoobler
    • Self - author
    • Director
      • Joe Medeiros
    • Writer
      • Joe Medeiros
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    7/10

    Piecing Together The Puzzle

    Impressively directed and produced by Joe Medeiros - "Mona Lisa Is Missing" is really quite an engaging and equally intriguing documentary that tells the untold story of Italian immigrant, Vincenzo Peruggia who (on Aug. 21, 1911) committed the unbelievable art-theft of stealing the world famous Mona Lisa painting from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.

    At an 85-minute running time - "Mona Lisa Is Missing" certainly keeps the viewer totally interested in what's going on as Medeiros carefully pieces together the mystifying puzzle of one of the most outlandish and brave art-thefts of the early 20th century.
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    • Release date
      • October 20, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • France
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Missing Piece: The Truth About the Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France(external scenes)
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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