A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl who he thinks resembles the painting and she wants him to become famous he has the idea of robbing the painting.
If you are looking for a high-stakes heist movie with lasers and complicated blueprints, you are in the wrong century. The Theft of the Mona Lisa is a strange little movie from 1931 that treats one of the biggest art crimes in history like a lighthearted mistake made by a guy who was just too into a girl. It’s worth wa...
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Géza von Bolváry
Alexander Butler
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"If you are looking for a high-stakes heist movie with lasers and complicated blueprints, you are in the wrong century. The Theft of the Mona Lisa is a strange little movie from 1931 that treats one of the biggest art crimes in history like a lighthearted mistake made by a guy who was just too into a girl. It’s worth watching if you like old European cinema that doesn’t feel like it’s trying to be a 'masterpiece' every five minutes. It's breezy and a bit silly. Anyone expecting a dark psychologic..."
Walter Reisch
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