Directed by:
George ClooneyCinematography:
Phedon PapamichaelComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Hugh Bonneville, Bob Balaban, Dimitri Leonidas, Justus von Dohnányi (more)Plots(1)
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
George Clooney
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
Matt Damon
USA
Best movies:
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Le Destin de Will Hunting (1997)
Bill Murray
USA
Best movies:
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Cate Blanchett
Australia
Best movies:
John Goodman
USA
Best movies:
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Cars (2006)
Jean Dujardin
France
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
The Artist (2011)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Hugh Bonneville
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Paddington 2 (2017)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Rencontres du troisième type (1977)
Dimitri Leonidas
UK
Best movies:
Centurion (2010)
Animals (2012)
Monuments Men (2014)
Justus von Dohnányi
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Before the Fall (2004)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Holger Handtke
West Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Zahary Baharov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
The Way Back (2010)
Zift (2008)
Michael Brandner
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Wunderkinder (2011)
Dresden (2006) (TV movie)
Sam Hazeldine
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 6 (2003) (TV movie)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
The Last Duel (2021)
Miles Jupp
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
We Want Sex Equality (2010)
Alexandre Desplat
France
Best movies:
Ma vie est un enfer (1991)
Monuments Men (2014)
Diarmaid Murtagh
Ireland
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Sons of Liberty (2015) (series)
Serge Hazanavicius
France
Best movies:
I've Loved You So Long (2008)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Luc Feit
Luxembourg
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Never Look Away (2018)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Emil von Schönfels
Germany
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
13 Minutes (2015)
Alone in Berlin (2016)