An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
- Commander Elya
- (as Zahary Baharov)
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- Feb 19, 2014
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "Monuments Men" were a group of approximately 345 men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created MFAA section during World War II. Many had expertise as museum directors, curators, art historians, artists, architects, and educators. Their job description was simple: to protect cultural treasures so far as war allowed.
- GoofsThe Madonna was mentioned several times as having been stolen from the cathedral in Bruges. In reality, the Madonna is on display in the Church of Our Lady, not the cathedral of St. Saviours.
- Quotes
Frank Stokes: I think you should know the truth as I see it. This mission is never designed to succeed. If they were honest, they would tell us that. They'd tell us that with this many people dying, who cares about art. They're wrong. Because that's exactly what we're fighting for. For our culture and for our way of life. You can wipe out a generation of people. You can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they'll still come back. But if you destroy their achievements and their history then it's like they never existed. Just ash floating. That's what Adolf Hitler wants. And it's the one thing we simply can't allow.
- Crazy creditsAt the beginning of the end credits there are black and white photos of the real Monuments Men with some of the art they saved.
- SoundtracksNight And Day
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Patrick Peronne (as Patrick Péronne)
Courtesy of Promo Sound Ltd
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Operación monumento
- Filming locations
- Rye, East Sussex, England, UK(The strand, the harbour and many other areas of the town and surrounding area.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $78,031,620
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $22,003,433
- Feb 9, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $156,706,638
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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