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Quick Info

Rating

6.1/10

Release2014

Runtime1h 58m

StatusReleased

Budget$70,000,000

Revenue$154,984,035

Production

Columbia Pictures

Fox 2000 Pictures

Smokehouse Pictures

Obelisk Productions

Studio Babelsberg

Movie

The Monuments Men

2014

1h 58m

6.1

War

Drama

History

Action

Synopsis

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?

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