Illustrious & Unknown: The Man Who Saved the Louvre (2014)

Name: Illustrious & Unknown: The Man Who Saved the Louvre
Genre: Documentary, Animation, History
Released: 2014-10-31

57m

Running Time

October 31, 2014
Release Date

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Plot.

Paris, France, 1939, at the dawn of World War II. The French resistance orchestrates an incredible operation to put hundreds of masterpieces of art, part of the artistic heritage of humanity and preserved in the Louvre Museum, away from the greedy and dirty hands of the Nazis, who are about to invade the country.

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Cast & Crew.

Mathieu Amalric

Self - Narrator (voice)

Pierre Pochart

Director

Jean-Pierre Devillers

Director

Quentin Baillot

Jacques Jaujard

Frédérique Hébrard

Self

Jeanne Boitel

Self

Joseph Goebbels

Self

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Illustrious & Unknown: The Man Who Saved the Louvre

Details.

Release Date
October 31, 2014

Original Name
Illustre & inconnu : comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre

Status
Released

Running Time
57m

Genres
Documentary Animation History

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

The Man Who Saved the Louvre (French: Illustre & Inconnu: Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre, lit. 'Illustrious and Unknown: How Jacques Jaujard Saved the Louvre') is a 2014 French documentary film directed by Jean-Pierre Devillers and Pierre Pochart.

It's about how Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and his curators evacuated works of art before German occupation forces could seize them.