Hitler Versus Picasso And The Others

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A sensational trove. A great discovery. A cinematographic tour through 4 stunning exhibitions. After 70 years from the Hitlers declaration of war to degenerate art, an event film that reveals secrets of the Fuhrer treasure. Picasso, Matisse, Renoir and Chagall: paintings hidden, looted and condemned finally come to light to reveal the Nazi obsession for art on the big screen. Starting from the incredible Gurlitt case and of his massive collection, the true story of masterpieces persecutes and banned during the 20th century. Introduced and narrated by Toni Servillo, winner of 2 European Film Awards and protagonist of The Great Beauty, Best Foreign Film at the 86th Academy Award. 80 years have passed since the Nazi Regime placed a definite ban on so-called degenerate art, considered cosmopolitan and communist. In 1937 an exhibition was held publically branding and stigmatizing it, at the same time, at Hitlers behest, the confiscation began of ancient and classic works of art, of masterpieces that were to occupy those spaces imagined to be the Louvre of Linz. This documentary tells many stories. And all of them revolve around three big exhibitions, the starting point for a series of human and artistic narratives.

Details

Format: DVD
Genre: Art, Documentary
Rating: E
Release Date: 16 02 2022
Production Year: 2018
Run Time: 96
Languages: English
Rating Advice: Exempt
Distributor: Madman Entertainment
Directors: Claudio Poli

Actors: Toni Servillo, Timothy Garton Ash, Jean-Marc Dreyfus, Edgar Feuchtwanger, Simon Goodman, Berthold Hinz, Meike Hoffmann, Eva Kleeman, Markus Krischer, Daaf Ledeboer, Agnieszka Lulinska, Bernhard Maaz, Christopher A. Marinello, Elizabeth Royer, Cynthia Saltzman, Tom Selldorff