The Theft of the Mona Lisa

The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Vicenzo Peruggia (Willi Forst) stealing the Mona Lisa
Directed by Géza von Bolváry
Produced by Julius Haimann
Written by Walter Reisch
Starring Trude von Molo
Willi Forst
Gustaf Gründgens
Music by Robert Stolz
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Edited by Hermann Haller
Production
company
Super-Film
Distributed by Super-Film
Release date
 25 August 1931
Running time
 89 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

The Theft of the Mona Lisa (German: Der Raub der Mona Lisa) is a 1931 German drama film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Trude von Molo , Willi Forst and Gustaf Gründgens.[1] It is based on a true story.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Robert A. Dietrich.

Plot

In 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia is a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with Mathilde, a French hotel maid. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Vicenzo manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Vicenzo claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero!

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hull p.251

Bibliography

  • Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.



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