The Liberators (2016)
Medieval art treasures seized by the Nazis go missing at the end of World War II. Were they destroyed in the chaos of the final battles? Or were these thousand-year-old masterpieces stolen by advancing American troops? For over forty years, the mystery remained unsolved. A true detective story, "The Liberators" follows a dogged German art detective through the New York art world and military archives to the unlikeliest of destinations: a small town on the Texas prairie. Featuring interviews with Willi Korte (Portrait of Wally) and Texas attorney Dick DeGuerin, the film raises intriguing questions as to the motivations of the art thief and the whereabouts of the items that, to this day,
- Date of release
- 2016-03-11
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Director
- Cassie Hay
Casting
- Dick DeGuerin — Self
- Willi Korte — Self
- Bill Goodson — Self
- William H. Honan — Self
- Donna Hunt — Self
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