The Monuments Men Family Review

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from German 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 M1 - 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.—Sony Pictures EntertainmentDuring World War II, Frank Stokes learns that Hitler is stealing all of the great works of art for his personal museum. So with permission from Roosevelt, Stokes recruits six men who are each art experts and they go to Europe under the guise of being soldiers to find out where the art that was taken is. When some of them die while trying to do it, it becomes personal for the rest to finish what they started. Things get dire when the Germans are ordered to burn the art if they lose the war, and the Russians are out to get the art for themselves.—[email protected] 1943, American professor Frank Stokes convinces President Roosevelt that the art stolen by the Germans should be retrieved and he recruits six art experts to form the Monuments Men unit to travel to Europe with him to search the treasures. On their arrival, they split up to go to several cities to guide the Allies to find the art to return it to its rightful owners.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1944. With the tide of WW2 turning against Germany, the Allies set up a team to find and retrieve hordes of priceless art, stolen by the Germans during their occupation of Europe. Due to the fear that the Germans will destroy the artwork, the team need to be as close to the front lines as possible, putting themselves in great danger.—grantss1 moreAll