1 00:01:18,245 --> 00:01:19,337 Claude. 2 00:01:19,955 --> 00:01:21,457 Put these clothes on. 3 00:01:55,324 --> 00:01:56,667 Take only the back roads. 4 00:01:56,825 --> 00:01:59,345 The Germans are coming from the east, so head south to Brussels. 5 00:01:59,411 --> 00:02:01,789 - Yes, Father. - God be with you, Claude. 6 00:03:22,994 --> 00:03:25,964 Champagne... very nice. 7 00:03:26,289 --> 00:03:28,462 You must join me, Doctor Stahl. 8 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,425 - Get another glass. - With pleasure. 9 00:03:37,259 --> 00:03:38,306 Claire? 10 00:03:38,844 --> 00:03:40,687 We need another champagne glass. 11 00:04:06,163 --> 00:04:08,006 It's for Stahl. 12 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:19,972 This one... and this one... 13 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:22,471 ...to Carinhall. 14 00:04:30,228 --> 00:04:36,281 And this will be a present for the Fuhrer in Berchtesgaden. 15 00:04:39,029 --> 00:04:40,326 What else, Doctor Stahl? 16 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:09,730 This is da Vinci's Last Supper. 17 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:14,653 The British bombers leveled three walls and a roof. 18 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:20,078 This is Monte Cassino, founded in 529 by Saint Benedict. 19 00:05:20,237 --> 00:05:21,830 This is in February. 20 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:24,537 This is Monte Cassino in March... 21 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:29,250 ...after we dropped 20 tons of explosives on it. 22 00:05:29,704 --> 00:05:33,709 Mr. President, the simple fact is that we are at a point in this war... 23 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:38,051 ...that is most dangerous to the greatest historical achievements known to man. 24 00:05:38,213 --> 00:05:42,263 But, Professor Stokes, understand that this is war. 25 00:05:42,425 --> 00:05:44,143 And that lives are lost... 26 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:47,897 ...and with them, oftentimes, their greatest achievements. 27 00:05:48,056 --> 00:05:50,684 Yes, sir. There's something more. 28 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:54,980 This is the Ghent Altarpiece. 29 00:05:55,730 --> 00:05:58,529 It is the defining monument of the Catholic Church. 30 00:05:58,692 --> 00:06:02,162 We now know that the Nazis have stolen it. 31 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,039 Now, while we must and we will, sir, win this war... 32 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:08,452 ...we should also remember the high price that will be paid... 33 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:11,997 ...if the very foundation of modern society is destroyed. 34 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:14,462 Let's look at where we are now. 35 00:06:17,294 --> 00:06:19,137 The Russians are here. 36 00:06:19,296 --> 00:06:21,469 The Allies are here... 37 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:23,508 ...and here. 38 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:27,771 In the next few months, God willing, we are all going to end up in Berlin. 39 00:06:27,929 --> 00:06:30,478 Meaning that we will have blasted our way west... 40 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,769 ...through Poland, through Hungary, through Austria... 41 00:06:33,935 --> 00:06:38,190 ...north through Rome and Florence... 42 00:06:38,982 --> 00:06:40,359 ...and east through Paris. 43 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,075 Then the question must be asked: 44 00:06:45,655 --> 00:06:49,751 Who would make sure that the Statue of David is still standing... 45 00:06:50,452 --> 00:06:52,875 ...or that Mona Lisa's Still smiling? 46 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:55,669 Who would be their protectors? 47 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,928 Well, professor, it's a very compelling argument. 48 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,804 What would you suggest? 49 00:07:01,963 --> 00:07:04,682 I suggest you pull together young art scholars... 50 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:07,936 ...to get over there and identify the great works. 51 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:11,064 Our young art scholars are already over there fighting. 52 00:07:12,557 --> 00:07:14,400 You have a family? 53 00:07:14,559 --> 00:07:17,153 I have a wife and a young son. 54 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,778 I might be asking a great deal of you, then. 55 00:07:22,317 --> 00:07:23,990 I'll do my best, sir. 56 00:07:35,914 --> 00:07:38,884 There's a Michelangelo joke to be made. 57 00:07:40,085 --> 00:07:41,883 You're just the man to make it. 58 00:07:42,045 --> 00:07:43,592 You hungry? 59 00:07:43,755 --> 00:07:45,052 You buying? 60 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:47,013 Uncle Sam is. 61 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:00,609 - How's Penny? - She's swell. 62 00:08:00,772 --> 00:08:04,117 - I do question her taste. - So does she. 63 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,993 How's the ticker? 64 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:07,912 Still ticking. 65 00:08:08,071 --> 00:08:10,165 Want to get in the war? 66 00:08:12,867 --> 00:08:14,084 "The Monuments Men." 67 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:16,372 - Signed by Roosevelt. - I see that. 68 00:08:16,538 --> 00:08:19,712 I'm to put a team together and try to protect what's left... 69 00:08:19,874 --> 00:08:21,421 ...and find what's missing. 70 00:08:21,584 --> 00:08:24,428 - Aren't you a little old for that? - Yes. 71 00:08:25,547 --> 00:08:28,221 You want to go into a war zone and tell our boys... 72 00:08:28,383 --> 00:08:31,432 - ...what they can and cannot blow up. - That's the idea. 73 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:34,143 - Okay. How many men? - For now, six. 74 00:08:34,305 --> 00:08:35,852 Jesus. 75 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:38,519 - With you, that's seven. - That's much better. 76 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:42,280 We'll go through basic in Shrivenham, England, then wait for orders. 77 00:08:42,439 --> 00:08:43,565 Basic? 78 00:08:43,732 --> 00:08:46,986 Basic training. Us? 79 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:50,288 Oh, boy. 80 00:08:50,447 --> 00:08:52,825 You're gonna need a point man in England. 81 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:54,993 - Yeah, Donald Jeffries. - He's a drunk. 82 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,504 - You're a drunk. - That's true. Pass me that. 83 00:08:57,662 --> 00:09:00,916 - But isn't Donald Jeffries in jail? - No, he didn't go to jail. 84 00:09:01,082 --> 00:09:03,050 His father paid the money back. 85 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:05,337 How about his wife? Did she stick it out? 86 00:09:05,503 --> 00:09:07,505 No, nobody stuck it out. 87 00:09:10,133 --> 00:09:12,227 So when do we start? 88 00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:52,304 - Good to see you! Frank. James. - Donald. 89 00:11:52,462 --> 00:11:55,056 The chaps are all very anxious to get started. 90 00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,718 You're a lieutenant? They are getting desperate. 91 00:11:57,884 --> 00:12:01,184 Don't let Churchill hear that. James, how's your lovely wife? 92 00:12:01,346 --> 00:12:04,691 Fine. She told me to send you a kiss, which I won't deliver. 93 00:12:04,849 --> 00:12:06,647 - I'll just shake. - You usually do. 94 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:08,486 Not anymore. I'm on the wagon. 95 00:12:08,645 --> 00:12:10,318 - Since when? - Nine this morning. 96 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,948 Congratulations. 97 00:12:12,106 --> 00:12:13,153 Thank you, private. 98 00:12:13,316 --> 00:12:15,489 This is Private Epstein, from New Jersey. 99 00:12:15,652 --> 00:12:19,532 - You don't say. Whereabouts? - Newark. But really the north side. 100 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:21,825 - Of Newark? - Yes, sir. The north side. 101 00:12:21,991 --> 00:12:23,709 - That's what I thought. - Indeed. 102 00:12:23,868 --> 00:12:26,212 - I was born in Germany. - The north side. 103 00:12:26,371 --> 00:12:29,215 - How are the fellas making out? - Like Olympians. 104 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:30,421 Yes, sir. 105 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:34,554 We have your architect from Chicago, Sergeant Richard Campbell. 106 00:12:34,712 --> 00:12:37,932 And we have a Frenchman, Lieutenant Jean-Claude Clermont... 107 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:42,346 ...director of design at the Chalet School of Fine Arts before the war. 108 00:12:43,096 --> 00:12:45,849 - Is Preston here? - Private Preston Savitz. 109 00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:49,189 - Private? That won't sit well with him. - It doesn't. 110 00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:54,278 Finally we have your sculptor, Sergeant Walter Garfield. 111 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,536 He's a good egg. I worked with him on the World War I memorial in St. Louis. 112 00:12:58,695 --> 00:13:00,447 Hey, Stokes! 113 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:03,875 How are you, old boy? 114 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,711 Hey, Walter. How are they treating you? 115 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:11,090 Been taking it pretty easy on us. I think they feel sorry for us old guys. 116 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:14,423 - I don't much fancy an obstacle course. - It's not so bad. 117 00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:18,761 You're just crawling on your belly while teenagers shoot blanks over your head. 118 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:20,516 Well, yes and no. 119 00:13:20,675 --> 00:13:22,769 - How's that? - Yes, they are teenagers. 120 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,555 - And no? - They're not blanks. 121 00:13:26,556 --> 00:13:30,186 We're meeting up after mess. Let the other chaps know, will you? 122 00:13:30,351 --> 00:13:32,854 Try not to get shot in the meantime. 123 00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:38,493 I'm guessing you have all gotten to know each other by now. 124 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,324 Basic training will do that. 125 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:43,490 You've been selected by myself and Lieutenant Jeffries... 126 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,954 ...because we need your knowledge and skill. 127 00:13:46,117 --> 00:13:48,916 We have been tasked to find and protect... 128 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:52,207 ...buildings, monuments, and art. 129 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:54,375 Private, will you get those lights? 130 00:13:56,085 --> 00:13:59,089 Did you know they were shooting at us with real bullets? 131 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:00,677 Yes. 132 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,763 Everyone's favorite dictator. 133 00:14:04,927 --> 00:14:08,807 Age 19, and before his romantic novel Mein Kampf... 134 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:12,773 ...he was a failed art student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. 135 00:14:12,935 --> 00:14:14,027 Hitler painted that? 136 00:14:14,187 --> 00:14:15,734 - It's not bad. - It's not good. 137 00:14:15,897 --> 00:14:20,698 This photograph has been obtained by the OSS. 138 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,158 It's a model of his planned Fuhrer Museum... 139 00:14:23,321 --> 00:14:25,915 ...to be built in his hometown of Linz in Austria. 140 00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:29,328 - Fuhrer Museum? - It'd be one of the biggest in the world. 141 00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:32,498 - Gonna take a lot of art to fill that up. - Exactly right. 142 00:14:32,663 --> 00:14:36,884 We already know he's stealing an from Amsterdam, Warsaw, and from Paris. 143 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:40,388 The French are hiding it, the Germans are finding and taking it. 144 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:43,766 - This is why Hitler didn't bomb Paris. - He bombed London. 145 00:14:43,925 --> 00:14:45,893 Yes, I know. 146 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:47,554 Have they started building? 147 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:49,848 No. That's the point. 148 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:53,985 They're stealing the art and hiding it somewhere. 149 00:14:54,143 --> 00:14:58,114 We think they're hiding it in homes in this area and towards the east. 150 00:14:58,815 --> 00:15:01,238 Our boys are in Normandy giving them hell... 151 00:15:01,401 --> 00:15:05,326 ...so that means it's our turn next, over the Channel and into France. 152 00:15:06,155 --> 00:15:07,953 When? 153 00:15:08,116 --> 00:15:10,164 - Soon. - We're gonna start with James. 154 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:13,421 He has a friend in Paris, director of the National Museum. 155 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:16,753 - If he's still alive. - If he's alive, he'll have some idea... 156 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:20,386 ...where the French art has been hidden. We need that information. 157 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:23,344 Lieutenant, you'll cross the Channel to Deauville. 158 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:26,225 A contact named Emile will get you into Paris. 159 00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:29,179 Well, it's a good thing I'm fluent in French. 160 00:15:29,345 --> 00:15:30,813 Do we get to kill anybody? 161 00:15:30,972 --> 00:15:34,226 I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to kill somebody. 162 00:15:34,392 --> 00:15:37,817 - You want to shoot Hitler, private? - I wouldn't mind it. 163 00:15:38,062 --> 00:15:42,317 And Richard, if you call me "private" again, I will take a shot at you. 164 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:43,780 Okay, so that's it. 165 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:46,450 We? Ship out in the next few days. 166 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:50,287 Although the war is coming to an end, it isn't any less dangerous. 167 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:53,374 So walk carefully, take no undue chances. 168 00:15:53,536 --> 00:15:57,757 And remember that your lives are more important than a piece of art. 169 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:42,544 Sarge, can you tell us where to find command and control? 170 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:43,962 - Just got here? - Yeah. 171 00:16:44,128 --> 00:16:47,928 Top brass command post is about a quarter-mile that way, past K.P. 172 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:49,433 Thanks! 173 00:16:50,426 --> 00:16:51,973 What? 174 00:16:57,808 --> 00:17:00,357 - If you'd read the orders... - I don't give a shit. 175 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,069 The orders say, "Don't knock out old buildings..." 176 00:17:03,231 --> 00:17:05,108 - To be fair... - Do not interrupt me! 177 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:08,577 If you think I'll write home to some kid's mom... 178 00:17:08,736 --> 00:17:13,412 ...saying her boy's dead because we couldn't take out a church tower, I will not. 179 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:15,372 So have at it. 180 00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:17,583 Anything else? 181 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:21,799 No, sir. 182 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,800 I think that went well. 183 00:17:30,967 --> 00:17:32,810 Looks like we're walking. 184 00:18:11,173 --> 00:18:12,846 Don't stand there. 185 00:18:13,009 --> 00:18:14,636 Come in. 186 00:18:18,472 --> 00:18:19,724 What are you doing here? 187 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:22,526 Looking for you. 188 00:18:23,352 --> 00:18:24,854 Sit down. 189 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,747 Do you know why I'm here? 190 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:40,211 You have a brother. Peter, yes? 191 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:44,707 Yes, you do. 192 00:18:45,374 --> 00:18:47,092 Are you close? 193 00:18:48,878 --> 00:18:50,596 He's my brother. 194 00:18:51,047 --> 00:18:54,517 Why didn't you tell me he fought for the Resistance? 195 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:57,887 He doesn't. 196 00:18:58,220 --> 00:19:00,769 He doesn't now. He was shot this morning. 197 00:19:00,931 --> 00:19:02,604 He was trying to steal a truck. 198 00:19:03,059 --> 00:19:05,812 A truck filled with artwork going to Germany. 199 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,355 And he was shot dead. 200 00:19:12,443 --> 00:19:15,162 How do you think he knew about that truck? 201 00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:24,418 You see, Claire... 202 00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:26,916 ...because you know the museum... 203 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:30,587 ...all the collectors, the art... 204 00:19:30,753 --> 00:19:32,596 ...you have a value to me. 205 00:19:32,922 --> 00:19:36,392 And yet I have no doubt that if I were to search this apartment... 206 00:19:36,550 --> 00:19:40,225 ...I'd find things that would make our working together impossible. 207 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:43,391 Shall I? 208 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:46,268 Do as you wish. 209 00:19:47,770 --> 00:19:49,568 I will. 210 00:19:50,940 --> 00:19:53,864 If I find you interfering, you won't be fired. 211 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:57,246 You'll be handed over to the SS. Is that clear to you? 212 00:20:02,952 --> 00:20:06,798 - I want his body. - Then swim to the bottom of the Seine. 213 00:20:31,814 --> 00:20:33,031 Granger? 214 00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:36,823 Worried was me for minute. 215 00:20:38,028 --> 00:20:42,534 I thought maybe Vichy were you or I was wrong spot. 216 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:44,751 You speak English? 217 00:20:45,327 --> 00:20:46,874 - Yes. - Speak English. 218 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:48,289 Okay. 219 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:54,595 Is there a chance of getting a ride into Lisieux? 220 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:56,427 Not a chance, lieutenant. 221 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:59,342 - Any luck finding some radios? - No, sir. 222 00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:03,354 You got Lucky Strikes, hash, a pair of boots, size 11. 223 00:21:03,512 --> 00:21:05,264 - What size are you? - Nine. 224 00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:17,485 Hey, Sam! 225 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:20,621 Hey, Sam! Epstein, hey! 226 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:22,578 - Hey! - Hey, lieutenant! 227 00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:25,744 Hey, you are a sight for sore eyes. What are you driving'? 228 00:21:25,910 --> 00:21:30,336 - Nazis were in hurry, left a few things. - I'm glad you didn't get left on the beach. 229 00:21:30,498 --> 00:21:32,796 I got pulled when they found I spoke German. 230 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:36,588 - What are you, a translator? - No, I'm nothing till we get to Germany. 231 00:21:36,754 --> 00:21:38,256 That's too bad. 232 00:21:40,257 --> 00:21:41,304 Who's your CO? 233 00:22:02,738 --> 00:22:04,081 Hey. Private? 234 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:07,827 - I'm looking for Major Feilding. - Yes, sir. Just over here. 235 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:10,337 - Major Feilding, sir! - Stokes. 236 00:22:10,496 --> 00:22:13,375 - Hey, John, how are you? - I wasn't sure we'd find you. 237 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:18,593 - I had to hitch a ride. What have you got? - Look at this. I think. This fellow? A Monet. 238 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:21,678 - That's a Vermeer. - That's why I asked for you. 239 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:24,811 We took a convoy of Germans hotfooting it out of Vernon. 240 00:22:24,969 --> 00:22:27,097 A dozen crates filled with these. 241 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:30,062 - A dozen paintings? - A dozen crates. 242 00:22:30,224 --> 00:22:32,727 Sometimes 30 paintings inside. 243 00:22:33,936 --> 00:22:36,064 Can I talk to those Germans? 244 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:37,777 I don't know. Can you? 245 00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:41,277 Ask them where they got the paintings. 246 00:22:42,778 --> 00:22:44,997 Are there any more trucks like these? 247 00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:48,330 Ask them again. 248 00:23:08,846 --> 00:23:10,348 - Take care. - Good luck. 249 00:23:10,514 --> 00:23:13,017 He said they were going to a town called Siegen. 250 00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:16,403 - Five truckloads were taken from this area. - Five truckloads. 251 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:19,736 - Did he say that? - No, he said it. 252 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:23,745 He is their commander. They switch uniforms. 253 00:23:23,903 --> 00:23:25,621 Goddamn. 254 00:23:28,365 --> 00:23:33,121 When I see Hitler, I'll be sure to give him your best... 255 00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:35,130 Captain. 256 00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:55,233 My family were home builders... 257 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,737 ...my father, his father. 258 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:00,815 I wanted a simpler life. 259 00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:02,153 Yeah. 260 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:05,703 It is noble when work in dirt. 261 00:24:07,363 --> 00:24:10,663 You know, James, your French is not good. 262 00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:12,701 Where did you learn it? 263 00:24:12,868 --> 00:24:14,586 Here and there. 264 00:24:14,745 --> 00:24:17,715 - I studied in Canada for a while. - Canada? 265 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:20,592 - Montreal. - No, no. 266 00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:22,442 I see you, Stahl! 267 00:25:28,277 --> 00:25:30,120 Where will you hide? 268 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:34,450 I see you! 269 00:26:01,769 --> 00:26:04,192 Hey, fellas. Look what we found. 270 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:06,823 - You remember Sam from Newark. - Hey, sport. 271 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:09,986 - We got ourselves a translator. - I think he wanted my car. 272 00:26:10,152 --> 00:26:12,575 - Where's Campbell? - Savitz shot him. 273 00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:18,410 So now we know it's not random, it's systematic. 274 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:21,000 Every one of those paintings is a masterpiece. 275 00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:25,968 They're all headed to the town of Siegen in Germany. 276 00:26:27,044 --> 00:26:30,594 The Nazis are on the run, but they've taken everything with them... 277 00:26:30,756 --> 00:26:33,600 ...so we have to get as close to the front as we can. 278 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:37,389 Preston, you and Campbell head towards Belgium. 279 00:26:37,554 --> 00:26:40,353 Specifically, Ghent. 280 00:26:40,516 --> 00:26:43,065 - What's in Ghent? - It used to be the Altarpiece. 281 00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:46,197 - They took the Ghent Altarpiece? - I'll go with Garfield. 282 00:26:46,355 --> 00:26:50,656 No, Garfield, you and Jean-Claude... 283 00:26:50,818 --> 00:26:55,119 ...get as close to Germany as you can, to the city of Aachen. 284 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,873 We'll leave in the morning. 285 00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:59,410 Why don't you take Sam from Newark with you... 286 00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:02,876 ...and I'll head up to my old stomping ground, Bruges? 287 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:06,504 There's a Madonna there I used to see when I was young. 288 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:09,591 Looks like we're gonna be together, buddy. 289 00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:16,344 These are German, but they might fit. 290 00:27:16,510 --> 00:27:19,059 That one will do just fine. 291 00:27:19,221 --> 00:27:21,144 Watch this. 292 00:27:23,517 --> 00:27:24,814 Any news of Granger? 293 00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:30,404 Well, word is they liberated Paris, so we should know something soon. 294 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:32,572 Turn that knob right there. 295 00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:42,662 - Well, I'll be blowed. - See, I'm not just a pretty face. 296 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:44,080 How's it going, Edison? 297 00:27:44,246 --> 00:27:46,874 Would you take that radio over there to the boys? 298 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,759 - Let's see if this damn thing works. - You bet. 299 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:56,346 Frank, I wanted to say thanks. 300 00:27:56,925 --> 00:27:58,393 For what? 301 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:00,221 For another chance. 302 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:04,145 Donnie, we've all screwed up on some level. 303 00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:06,276 Yours was just... 304 00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:07,778 Just at a high level. 305 00:28:07,978 --> 00:28:10,822 You're here because you're the best man for the job. 306 00:28:10,981 --> 00:28:12,654 Not charity? 307 00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:15,452 Well, a little. 308 00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:21,704 Monuments Men Radio is about to go live. 309 00:28:21,867 --> 00:28:23,369 I hope we play music. 310 00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:26,789 Calling London, calling London and all the ships at sea. 311 00:28:26,955 --> 00:28:28,923 We read you loud and clear. 312 00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:32,256 - How far will this thing reach? - We'll find out tomorrow. 313 00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:33,671 Roger that. 314 00:28:38,008 --> 00:28:39,351 Are all the fellas there? 315 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:41,478 They are. 316 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:43,472 All right, listen up, fellas. 317 00:28:43,639 --> 00:28:46,483 I think you should know the truth as I see it. 318 00:28:47,476 --> 00:28:50,650 This mission was never designed to succeed. 319 00:28:51,063 --> 00:28:52,315 It's... 320 00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:55,317 If they were honest, they would tell us that. 321 00:28:55,984 --> 00:28:59,909 They'd tell us that with this many people dying, who cares about art? 322 00:29:00,447 --> 00:29:03,792 They're wrong, because that's exactly what we're fighting for... 323 00:29:03,951 --> 00:29:08,001 ...for our culture and for our way of life. 324 00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:12,172 You can wipe out a generation of people... 325 00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:16,635 ...you can burn their homes to the ground, and somehow they'll still come back. 326 00:29:17,506 --> 00:29:22,057 But if you destroy their achievements and their history... 327 00:29:22,386 --> 00:29:25,105 ...then it's like they never existed. 328 00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:28,601 Just ash floating. 329 00:29:31,186 --> 00:29:33,154 That's what Hitler wants,. 330 00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:36,492 And it's the one thing we simply can't allow. 331 00:29:41,530 --> 00:29:43,077 I'll see you in the morning. 332 00:29:48,078 --> 00:29:50,206 Now I'm depressed. 333 00:29:53,583 --> 00:29:55,176 I want to make a toast. 334 00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:02,726 I think you fellas are... 335 00:30:06,388 --> 00:30:09,062 And I'm proud to be a Monuments Man. 336 00:30:10,392 --> 00:30:16,024 When this all broke out, I wanted to be a flier pilot... A fighter pilot. 337 00:30:16,398 --> 00:30:19,868 But I got bad eyes, my hearing is not good. 338 00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:24,448 Right here is the only way I get into this war. 339 00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:28,414 Now, I'm not some New York socialite... 340 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:31,501 ...I haven't won any awards like all of you, but... 341 00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:34,758 But I'm guessing you feel the same. 342 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:37,844 This is our time. 343 00:30:38,587 --> 00:30:41,306 My country thanks you, and I thank you. 344 00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,058 Screw the Germans. 345 00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:45,261 Present company expected. 346 00:30:46,678 --> 00:30:48,396 To the Monuments Men. 347 00:30:49,139 --> 00:30:52,109 - To the Monuments. - To the Monuments Men. 348 00:30:54,102 --> 00:30:55,775 You have children? 349 00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:59,029 Two, yeah. A 12-year-old and a 9-year-old. 350 00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,740 - Boy and girl? - Two girls. 351 00:31:01,902 --> 00:31:04,280 - Two girls. - I know. 352 00:31:05,113 --> 00:31:06,660 I know. 353 00:31:06,823 --> 00:31:08,450 I have a boy. 354 00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:12,079 A 17-year-old boy. He's... 355 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:16,091 He's with the Resistance up in the north. 356 00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:17,546 In the north? 357 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:21,384 - Yeah. - Rough up there. 358 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:23,298 Yeah, it's rough. 359 00:31:27,386 --> 00:31:29,229 Hard times. 360 00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:33,438 Yeah, hard times. 361 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,114 You like to fly? 362 00:32:09,511 --> 00:32:11,184 Paris! 363 00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:33,710 Am I late? 364 00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:36,455 By about four years. 365 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,874 - How are you, James? - Hello, René. 366 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,213 How much of the art did you save? 367 00:32:41,376 --> 00:32:43,128 The national collection is safe. 368 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:46,299 But the private collections, they are all gone. 369 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:48,217 All the private collectors? 370 00:32:48,383 --> 00:32:52,479 All the private Jewish collectors, by decree, are illegitimate. 371 00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,765 Goering used this place to shop. 372 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:57,225 And take them where? 373 00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:59,986 Germany. To their homes. 374 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,397 Well, René... 375 00:33:03,190 --> 00:33:06,239 ...the U.S. Army would like to help you get them back. 376 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:11,990 I'm happy to hear you say that. 377 00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:13,704 Where do we start? 378 00:33:13,867 --> 00:33:15,744 Claire Simone. 379 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:34,016 Claire Simone? 380 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:43,397 Hoping was Ito speak about art... 381 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:46,991 the stolen art. 382 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:49,152 Yeah? 383 00:33:53,073 --> 00:33:58,125 I'd like to forcefully introduce myself. lam James Granger... 384 00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:03,425 ...and I'm the curator of Medieval an at the Met... 385 00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:04,630 New York. 386 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,386 I know who you are. 387 00:34:06,545 --> 00:34:11,142 Then you know I'd like to help. 388 00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:12,767 I know nothing. 389 00:34:12,968 --> 00:34:17,849 And will you stop speaking in French? Or whatever language you are speaking. 390 00:34:20,433 --> 00:34:23,186 Well, if it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German. 391 00:34:24,271 --> 00:34:27,901 No. If it wasn't for you, I might be dead. 392 00:34:28,066 --> 00:34:30,694 But I would still be speaking French. 393 00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:35,824 - Okay. - So... 394 00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:40,458 - ...how can I help you steal our stolen art? - That's not why I'm here. 395 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:44,250 - I'm here to help you get it back. - Yes, to fill your museum. 396 00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:48,421 I'm told you were at the Jeu de Paume during the occupation. 397 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:52,675 - I was. - I'm interested in what you saw there. 398 00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:57,437 Goering came more than 20 times, you know, took whatever he wanted. 399 00:34:57,596 --> 00:34:58,939 Where did they take them? 400 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,646 - Who knows? - I think you do know. 401 00:35:03,018 --> 00:35:04,691 You've been speaking with René. 402 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:06,897 Were you there the whole time? 403 00:35:07,689 --> 00:35:10,488 Of course. I'm a collaborator. Haven't you heard? 404 00:35:10,650 --> 00:35:13,620 I helped the Germans steal our art. 405 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,496 And that's why you're here? 406 00:35:15,989 --> 00:35:17,662 What do you think? 407 00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:20,247 I think you worked with the Resistance. 408 00:35:20,410 --> 00:35:22,879 And I think I can convince them to let you out. 409 00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:24,710 Why? 410 00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:27,126 Do you know where the art was taken? 411 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:30,512 Who's asking? The curator of the Met? 412 00:35:37,218 --> 00:35:41,098 We put all of the panels in a truck, sent it to Brussels with two priests. 413 00:35:41,264 --> 00:35:43,642 But the Germans found them and took them. 414 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,526 May I speak to the priests? 415 00:35:46,186 --> 00:35:47,813 They were shot. 416 00:35:51,775 --> 00:35:55,951 If we're gonna find it, we'll have to jump ahead of the Third Army into Germany. 417 00:35:56,112 --> 00:36:00,868 Number one priority, Preston. You understand? The Nazis can't keep it. 418 00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:02,794 We'll find it. 419 00:36:03,203 --> 00:36:04,580 I know you will. 420 00:36:04,746 --> 00:36:07,295 - Keep your head down. - Will do. 421 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:13,384 It says the Altarpiece is one of the most desired pieces of art. 422 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:15,548 How'd you read all that? 423 00:36:16,049 --> 00:36:18,768 - It's in English. - Yeah, I know that. 424 00:36:18,927 --> 00:36:21,555 I just wasn't actually aware you could read. 425 00:36:38,154 --> 00:36:39,406 Easy. 426 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:43,494 So, Sam, when did you leave Germany? 427 00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:48,086 1938. Yeah, I was 13. 428 00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:50,967 - Did your family go with you? - Yeah, my parents. 429 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:53,174 My grandfather stayed behind. 430 00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:56,465 - What city? - Karlsruhe. 431 00:36:56,881 --> 00:36:59,430 Yeah, you know, there's a famous museum there. 432 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:01,970 Had one of Rembrandt's self-portraits. 433 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:04,936 See? You were born to be a Monuments Man. 434 00:37:05,098 --> 00:37:08,352 - I've never seen that painting. - No, me neither. 435 00:37:08,727 --> 00:37:10,354 We weren't allowed. 436 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,400 My grandfather would tell me it was because we were too short. 437 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:18,286 And then war broke out... 438 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:21,786 ...and all of Europe was too short for Hitler. 439 00:37:23,158 --> 00:37:25,536 Have you heard from your grandfather? 440 00:37:25,702 --> 00:37:27,750 No, not for four years. 441 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,465 He was taken away. 442 00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:34,010 - Away where? - Dachau. 443 00:37:46,431 --> 00:37:48,354 Hey, how does that work? 444 00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:57,825 What's going on? 445 00:38:07,786 --> 00:38:10,084 This seems to be a bit of a problem. 446 00:38:10,246 --> 00:38:11,793 A bit. 447 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,804 Here's a thought. 448 00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:22,092 We put down our guns. 449 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:23,844 You go your way. 450 00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,476 We go our way. 451 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:28,981 No hard feelings. 452 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,439 He doesn't speak any English. 453 00:38:35,605 --> 00:38:36,948 Not a word. 454 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:39,450 Okay. 455 00:38:41,903 --> 00:38:43,530 You're just going to sit down? 456 00:38:43,696 --> 00:38:46,745 Yeah, why don't we all just sit down for a sec? 457 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,535 Okay. 458 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,286 All right. 459 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:53,839 Okay. 460 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,870 I don't smoke. 461 00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:32,375 - Take a cigarette. - I don't smoke. 462 00:39:32,537 --> 00:39:34,585 Take a goddamn cigarette. 463 00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:16,256 John Wayne. 464 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:20,093 John Wayne. 465 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:33,606 Shouldn't we have arrested him or something? 466 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:36,942 He's not going anywhere. 467 00:40:38,061 --> 00:40:39,278 What was taken? 468 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,611 The bust of Charlemagne, the shrine holding the robe of Mary. 469 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:43,866 Okay. How far east? 470 00:40:44,025 --> 00:40:46,699 I heard one commandant mention the town of Merkers. 471 00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:49,614 - Merkers? - Sir, please... we have no quarrel with you. 472 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:53,331 - And we have none with you. - Let us have them back, don't keep them. 473 00:40:53,493 --> 00:40:54,540 Father... 474 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:55,749 Look out! 475 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:08,641 Okay. 476 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:12,391 So one of us has to distract him... 477 00:41:12,553 --> 00:41:14,351 ...the other one takes him out. 478 00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,816 Sounds like a good plan. 479 00:41:17,642 --> 00:41:18,894 All right. 480 00:41:19,477 --> 00:41:20,979 Okay, I'll take him out. 481 00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:22,317 I'll take him out. 482 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,323 - You have a family. - So do you. 483 00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:33,370 Okay, you go distract and I'll take care of business. 484 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:36,581 All right. 485 00:41:37,578 --> 00:41:39,626 I've never shot anyone before. 486 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,834 - It's easy. - Have you? 487 00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,095 I'm about to. 488 00:41:46,129 --> 00:41:50,430 Okay, I'll shoot, you go. 489 00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:04,424 Shit. 490 00:43:09,921 --> 00:43:13,346 - Maybe we keep this to ourselves. - I think that's best. 491 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:23,859 Good evening. Where's your CO? 492 00:43:24,018 --> 00:43:26,988 Colonel Langton, sir. I'll take you to him. Follow me. 493 00:43:27,146 --> 00:43:29,524 I'm hoping to speak to Colonel Langton. 494 00:43:30,358 --> 00:43:32,235 Langton here, lieutenant. 495 00:43:32,401 --> 00:43:35,325 Donald Jeffries. How do you do? Do you have a moment? 496 00:43:35,488 --> 00:43:37,206 Can I tempt you with a cognac? 497 00:43:37,365 --> 00:43:39,743 You could easily tempt me, but no, thank you. 498 00:43:39,909 --> 00:43:41,536 Are you bringing us bad news? 499 00:43:41,702 --> 00:43:44,922 Not at all, sir, no. I was simply hoping to get into town. 500 00:43:45,081 --> 00:43:46,799 - What town, Bruges? Why? - Bruges. 501 00:43:46,958 --> 00:43:50,462 Colonel, my job is to protect art, so that when this war is over... 502 00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,596 ...there will still be some, you see. 503 00:43:52,755 --> 00:43:56,180 In a cathedral in Bruges is Michelangelo's Madonna and Child... 504 00:43:56,342 --> 00:43:59,346 ...his only sculpture to leave Italy during his lifetime. 505 00:43:59,512 --> 00:44:03,392 And if it can be helped, I'd like to see it still standing there tomorrow. 506 00:44:03,558 --> 00:44:06,607 You do have an unusual job, lieutenant. 507 00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:09,739 There is some good news. We're not going into Bruges. 508 00:44:09,897 --> 00:44:11,820 We've made a deal with the mayor. 509 00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:15,620 We won't attack the city and the Germans are leaving. 510 00:44:15,778 --> 00:44:17,872 We'll resume fighting outside Bruges. 511 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:21,042 If we catch them. They're running at a fair clip. 512 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,419 Have you seen this, colonel? 513 00:44:24,036 --> 00:44:26,755 The Germans destroyed Florence when they pulled out. 514 00:44:26,914 --> 00:44:28,632 They'll do the same to Bruges. 515 00:44:28,791 --> 00:44:32,136 No, lieutenant, they're not. This isn't Italy. 516 00:44:32,295 --> 00:44:35,265 The war is ending. These Germans just want to get home. 517 00:44:35,423 --> 00:44:38,677 They've not destroyed any French villages. They're on the run. 518 00:44:38,843 --> 00:44:42,814 - If you could let me have two guards... - The Germans don't have the time. 519 00:44:42,972 --> 00:44:46,101 They don't have the explosives, or even the damn tanks. 520 00:44:46,267 --> 00:44:50,272 No, I will not risk a street-to-street battle. We will honor our agreement. 521 00:44:50,438 --> 00:44:54,534 When we get to Bruges, you can finish your job in the cathedral. Understood? 522 00:44:55,735 --> 00:44:57,328 I understand. 523 00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:00,448 Is there anything else? 524 00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:03,873 No, sir. Thank you. 525 00:46:53,978 --> 00:46:56,197 Any of you speak English? 526 00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:00,905 Are you Catholic, lieutenant? 527 00:47:03,321 --> 00:47:05,073 I am tonight. 528 00:47:08,117 --> 00:47:09,994 Dear Father,. 529 00:47:10,161 --> 00:47:15,213 Weep you might when you hear of my many adventures with these fine men. 530 00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:18,878 It would remind you of our treasure hunts when I was a boy. 531 00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:21,965 But rather than a whistle or a top... 532 00:47:22,131 --> 00:47:25,886 ...our prizes are Rembrandts and Rubens. 533 00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:35,403 It feels odd that in a place with so much death... 534 00:47:35,561 --> 00:47:38,110 ...I've never felt more alive. 535 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,826 My thoughts soar with the tales... 536 00:47:41,984 --> 00:47:45,739 ...these streets could tell of the Madonna's long journey to Paris... 537 00:47:45,905 --> 00:47:49,284 ...and her triumphant return with the fall of Napoleon. 538 00:47:50,034 --> 00:47:53,880 You can see her porcelain hand gently holding the small boy... 539 00:47:54,038 --> 00:47:58,509 ...as if to guard him from a fate she knew would come. 540 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:16,103 I know in a time of war my endeavor must seem small, and perhaps it is. 541 00:48:16,268 --> 00:48:19,442 But I remain diligent and resolute in my belief... 542 00:48:19,605 --> 00:48:23,735 ...that great works of art can never belong to any one individual. 543 00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:25,323 At least not in spirit. 544 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:33,828 The Madonna is as much mine as it was Napoleon's. 545 00:48:34,078 --> 00:48:39,335 And her hand gently guards me from a fate I know will come. 546 00:48:54,432 --> 00:48:57,311 Father, I know I've been a great disappointment. 547 00:48:58,227 --> 00:48:59,979 In defense of the indefensible... 548 00:49:00,146 --> 00:49:03,696 ...my crimes were qualities I found in the bottom of a bottle... 549 00:49:03,858 --> 00:49:05,952 ...not actions bent on hurting you. 550 00:49:28,966 --> 00:49:34,314 I long for the chance to be back on that pedestal you so proudly placed me. 551 00:49:35,306 --> 00:49:39,027 Perhaps here I can make you proud again. 552 00:49:39,185 --> 00:49:41,859 Here at the foot of our Madonna. 553 00:49:42,021 --> 00:49:45,571 I am humbled and grateful... 554 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:48,911 ...and longing for home... 555 00:49:49,653 --> 00:49:51,246 ...and rest. 556 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:55,243 I'm in great need of rest. 557 00:49:56,327 --> 00:49:58,045 I'll write when I can. 558 00:49:58,204 --> 00:50:02,050 Cheers and Godspeed, Donald. 559 00:50:14,178 --> 00:50:16,772 You'll see to it that his family gets these? 560 00:50:16,931 --> 00:50:18,433 We will. 561 00:50:21,435 --> 00:50:23,108 Thank you. 562 00:50:24,188 --> 00:50:28,159 Lieutenant, I told him not to go, but he was hell-bent. 563 00:50:30,528 --> 00:50:33,953 - And they took the Madonna? - That's right. 564 00:50:35,866 --> 00:50:37,960 Well, I'd better get her back. 565 00:50:53,050 --> 00:50:54,393 What have you got? 566 00:50:54,552 --> 00:50:57,305 Yeah, the vicar gave us the town of Merkers. 567 00:50:57,471 --> 00:50:59,565 They might've stored some pieces there. 568 00:50:59,723 --> 00:51:01,475 - Merkers? - Yeah. 569 00:51:01,642 --> 00:51:06,819 M-E-R-K-E-R-S. Merkers. - Got it. 570 00:51:06,981 --> 00:51:10,576 - Any word from Granger? - Nothing yet. 571 00:51:10,734 --> 00:51:13,954 All hell's breaking loose here. They won't let us through. 572 00:51:14,405 --> 00:51:17,033 We're to hold up in St. Vith. 573 00:51:17,199 --> 00:51:18,872 We'll meet you there. 574 00:51:21,245 --> 00:51:22,792 Hell of a thing about Donald. 575 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:27,084 It's a hell of a thing. 576 00:51:38,345 --> 00:51:41,690 - What is all this? - People's lives. 577 00:51:45,603 --> 00:51:47,321 What people? 578 00:51:48,272 --> 00:51:49,819 Jews. 579 00:52:58,801 --> 00:52:59,927 They're gone. 580 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:09,853 You get around. 581 00:53:11,271 --> 00:53:12,864 I'm a Spy, remember? 582 00:53:16,694 --> 00:53:18,241 They're not coming back. 583 00:53:18,696 --> 00:53:22,041 Well, Claire, my job is to find art and return it. 584 00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:25,585 And this seems like a good place to start. 585 00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:51,566 Attention, all personnel. The overdue resupply... 586 00:53:51,729 --> 00:53:53,697 ...of additional winter overcoats... 587 00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:29,563 Oh, that's good. That's really good. 588 00:54:41,945 --> 00:54:43,663 Well, if that doesn't beat all. 589 00:54:44,114 --> 00:54:49,541 Just because we're at war doesn't mean one can't eat well. 590 00:55:00,547 --> 00:55:02,094 What's that? 591 00:55:02,257 --> 00:55:04,305 It's a message from home. 592 00:55:09,890 --> 00:55:13,019 We may have to confiscate a phonograph. 593 00:55:13,185 --> 00:55:14,778 Okay. 594 00:55:37,459 --> 00:55:39,882 - Doc! - Sir. 595 00:55:40,045 --> 00:55:42,969 - Over here. - We found him on the side of the road. 596 00:55:43,131 --> 00:55:46,886 He took one in the chest. His leg's bleeding. We put a tourniquet on it. 597 00:55:47,052 --> 00:55:50,022 Let's get this shirt off and see how bad it is. 598 00:55:52,015 --> 00:55:55,440 You're gonna be fine, son. We're gonna get you some morphine. 599 00:55:55,602 --> 00:55:57,604 Can we get some morphine over here? 600 00:55:57,771 --> 00:56:00,445 - What's his name? - I don't know. 601 00:56:10,534 --> 00:56:12,957 Hey, Papa. Merry Christmas. 602 00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:16,340 I've got a couple of little monsters here who want to say hi. 603 00:56:16,498 --> 00:56:18,296 Say, "Merry Christmas, Grandpa." 604 00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:22,634 - Merry Christmas, Grandpa. - Merry Christmas, Grandpa. 605 00:56:24,339 --> 00:56:27,263 All right, ready? And... 606 00:57:01,877 --> 00:57:04,380 You can take that tourniquet off, lieutenant. 607 00:57:16,224 --> 00:57:19,023 - Is he gonna be okay? - He's gonna be fine. 608 00:57:19,394 --> 00:57:22,739 Can you get the chaplain? Joe, can I get that morphine? 609 00:57:24,232 --> 00:57:25,700 I'll get the chaplain. 610 00:58:33,927 --> 00:58:36,180 Well, what the hell is she afraid of? 611 00:58:36,346 --> 00:58:39,065 She's afraid we'll keep it, like the Russians. 612 00:58:39,224 --> 00:58:41,226 The Russians are keeping the art? 613 00:58:41,393 --> 00:58:43,270 They lost 20 million people, Frank. 614 00:58:43,437 --> 00:58:46,281 They've commissioned a trophy brigade... 615 00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:51,071 ...to collect and keep all the stolen art. To make reparations. 616 00:58:51,236 --> 00:58:54,285 "Trophy brigade." You gotta love a snappy nickname. 617 00:58:54,448 --> 00:58:56,291 Like Monuments Men? 618 00:58:58,785 --> 00:59:01,038 I got a letter from Donald's father. 619 00:59:01,204 --> 00:59:05,004 Said I should be proud of helping Donald get his dignity back. 620 00:59:08,545 --> 00:59:10,513 I don't feel very proud. 621 00:59:11,465 --> 00:59:14,844 He asked if I found the Madonna. I don't even know where to look. 622 00:59:18,472 --> 00:59:21,817 We need to know what Claire knows, James. 623 00:59:24,478 --> 00:59:26,321 I'm close, Frank. 624 00:59:28,982 --> 00:59:30,450 Okay. 625 00:59:31,651 --> 00:59:33,904 And now we got the Russians. 626 00:59:38,033 --> 00:59:40,502 Put the Germans in the truck. 627 00:59:41,328 --> 00:59:43,501 Give them some bread. 628 00:59:48,251 --> 00:59:50,800 Be careful with those paintings. 629 00:59:52,172 --> 00:59:53,549 Touch only the frames. 630 00:59:55,675 --> 00:59:57,518 The frames we can replace. 631 01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:18,616 Do you know what this is? 632 01:00:18,782 --> 01:00:21,035 - No. - It's a directive. The Nero Decree. 633 01:00:21,201 --> 01:00:23,545 It is written by Hitler, signed by Hitler. 634 01:00:23,703 --> 01:00:27,503 It says if he dies or if Germany falls, they're to destroy everything. 635 01:00:30,919 --> 01:00:32,466 Everything. 636 01:00:33,713 --> 01:00:35,215 Where did they take the art? 637 01:00:36,049 --> 01:00:37,471 Germany. 638 01:00:38,552 --> 01:00:40,725 You understand I'm here to help you? 639 01:00:40,887 --> 01:00:43,731 I understand you are, but you are not in Germany. 640 01:00:43,890 --> 01:00:46,313 - My men are. - I don't know your men. 641 01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:48,570 You'll have to find somebody to trust. 642 01:00:48,728 --> 01:00:50,856 Yes, James, you tell me who. 643 01:01:02,576 --> 01:01:03,828 What's cooking? 644 01:01:03,994 --> 01:01:05,462 Lice. 645 01:01:06,413 --> 01:01:08,757 - It's called the Nero Decree. - What? 646 01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:12,010 Granger took it off a train full of art headed for Germany. 647 01:01:12,169 --> 01:01:18,267 It says if Hitler dies, they're to destroy bridges, train tracks, archives, art. 648 01:01:18,425 --> 01:01:19,517 Jesus. 649 01:01:19,676 --> 01:01:21,895 So we think most of the art went to Siegen? 650 01:01:22,053 --> 01:01:24,272 We know it went through Siegen and Merkers. 651 01:01:24,431 --> 01:01:27,605 - Lot of art to hide in a couple towns. - What are you eating? 652 01:01:27,767 --> 01:01:29,440 - Homemade jerky. Want some? - No. 653 01:01:29,603 --> 01:01:33,324 Garfield, let's say you and Jean-Claude make your way to Merkers. 654 01:01:33,899 --> 01:01:35,526 And then we'll go to Siegen. 655 01:01:35,692 --> 01:01:37,990 And we have to hope no one kills Hitler. 656 01:01:40,113 --> 01:01:41,740 I never thought I'd say that. 657 01:01:43,116 --> 01:01:44,959 We'll meet up in Nuremberg. 658 01:01:46,578 --> 01:01:47,921 Oh, God. 659 01:02:05,305 --> 01:02:07,649 - That looks really painful. - It is. 660 01:02:07,807 --> 01:02:10,151 Very painful, yeah. 661 01:02:10,310 --> 01:02:11,732 So you're artists? 662 01:02:11,895 --> 01:02:15,945 No, we're collectors from New York. Yeah, this guy's an architect. 663 01:02:16,983 --> 01:02:18,701 I always wanted to see New York. 664 01:02:18,860 --> 01:02:21,158 Greatest city in the world. 665 01:02:21,321 --> 01:02:23,289 - Have you ever seen Munich? - No. 666 01:02:23,448 --> 01:02:25,166 But we will soon. 667 01:02:30,747 --> 01:02:32,795 What did he say? What's that? 668 01:02:32,999 --> 01:02:35,297 He said not to make me angry. 669 01:02:37,671 --> 01:02:39,639 Okay, okay. Let's go. 670 01:02:46,763 --> 01:02:49,733 I have a nephew who studied an in Paris. 671 01:02:49,891 --> 01:02:53,987 Yeah, he lives a few miles from here. He may be able to help you. 672 01:02:54,145 --> 01:02:55,522 Is he a soldier? 673 01:02:55,689 --> 01:02:59,410 He was a soldier, like you. But he's a good boy. 674 01:03:00,527 --> 01:03:02,575 I'm sure you're all innocent. 675 01:03:06,366 --> 01:03:08,289 Okay, okay. Say: 676 01:03:38,565 --> 01:03:40,943 So how long were you in Paris? 677 01:03:41,735 --> 01:03:43,578 You studied in Paris? 678 01:03:43,737 --> 01:03:46,741 Yes, two years. My wife and I left Paris. 679 01:03:52,787 --> 01:03:56,007 - These are beautiful paintings. - I wish. Just copies. 680 01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:58,669 Cézanne. Renoir. 681 01:04:00,045 --> 01:04:01,547 They're good. 682 01:04:06,426 --> 01:04:08,724 So where did you study art? 683 01:04:08,887 --> 01:04:10,480 Harvard. 684 01:04:11,097 --> 01:04:12,599 Society for Contemporary Art. 685 01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:18,780 They're looking for artifacts. They want to protect the historic pieces. 686 01:04:19,397 --> 01:04:21,695 It's an honorable thing in a time of war. 687 01:04:22,776 --> 01:04:25,905 Well, we think the SS took the great pieces of art... 688 01:04:26,071 --> 01:04:28,870 ...out through France and are hiding it. 689 01:04:29,449 --> 01:04:33,124 Yeah, I told them you may be able to help, Hermann. 690 01:04:35,121 --> 01:04:37,590 Well, I wasn't SS. I was a soldier, like you. 691 01:04:37,749 --> 01:04:40,343 If I can help you in any way... 692 01:04:40,502 --> 01:04:43,096 Do you know a collector named Rothschild? 693 01:04:43,254 --> 01:04:46,178 - Rothschild. - Had one of the greatest art collections... 694 01:04:46,341 --> 01:04:47,968 - ...in the world. - He's French? 695 01:04:48,134 --> 01:04:51,388 - Jewish. - No. No, I don't know him. 696 01:04:55,809 --> 01:04:58,278 Does your wife speak English? 697 01:04:58,436 --> 01:04:59,528 No, no. 698 01:04:59,687 --> 01:05:01,064 Good. 699 01:05:05,485 --> 01:05:08,284 The back of the Cézanne... 700 01:05:08,446 --> 01:05:09,948 ...says Rothschild. 701 01:05:20,291 --> 01:05:21,918 It was a gift. 702 01:05:23,461 --> 01:05:25,429 And the Renoir too? 703 01:06:14,637 --> 01:06:15,854 Hey, private. 704 01:06:17,140 --> 01:06:20,269 - Where's Siegen? - You're in it, lieutenant. 705 01:06:34,699 --> 01:06:36,542 It should be this turn. 706 01:06:37,076 --> 01:06:38,749 Who the hell knows? 707 01:06:39,037 --> 01:06:40,755 It could have been the last one. 708 01:06:41,915 --> 01:06:44,794 If we get to a bell tower, we've gone too far. 709 01:06:45,543 --> 01:06:46,886 What do you think? 710 01:06:48,588 --> 01:06:51,432 I don't think we should go any further down this road. 711 01:07:07,106 --> 01:07:09,609 Stop, stop, stop. Wait, wait, stop, stop, stop. 712 01:07:12,904 --> 01:07:14,372 Look at him. 713 01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:15,828 He's a beauty. 714 01:07:15,990 --> 01:07:17,833 He's a runner. 715 01:07:18,451 --> 01:07:19,794 Hey, my friend. 716 01:07:24,916 --> 01:07:26,964 I haven't got a thing for you. 717 01:07:29,295 --> 01:07:30,922 Offer him a cigarette. 718 01:07:32,465 --> 01:07:33,967 You want a cigarette? 719 01:07:36,302 --> 01:07:37,645 I guess he doesn't smoke. 720 01:08:20,346 --> 01:08:21,689 Jean-Claude? 721 01:09:06,893 --> 01:09:08,895 Goddamn it. Goddamn it. 722 01:09:09,062 --> 01:09:12,066 I'm shot! Where am I hit? 723 01:09:12,231 --> 01:09:14,325 Jesus Christ. 724 01:09:19,572 --> 01:09:21,745 I'm bleeding like a son of a bitch. 725 01:09:23,409 --> 01:09:25,207 Dumb-ass way to get killed. 726 01:09:26,579 --> 01:09:28,126 Shit, merde! 727 01:09:29,749 --> 01:09:32,719 Help! Help me! 728 01:09:35,046 --> 01:09:36,093 Please! 729 01:09:36,255 --> 01:09:39,509 When we first started this mission, there was some question... 730 01:09:39,676 --> 01:09:42,680 ...as lo whether we could really call ourselves soldiers. 731 01:09:42,845 --> 01:09:46,725 Were we risking as much as these young men fighting and dying? 732 01:09:46,891 --> 01:09:49,064 And I suppose it was fair to ask. 733 01:09:50,228 --> 01:09:52,947 Garfield, hold onto this. My wife gave it to me. 734 01:09:53,106 --> 01:09:55,154 I don't want to get blood on it. 735 01:09:56,442 --> 01:09:59,616 Jean-Claude, you hang on to it right now. 736 01:10:00,113 --> 01:10:03,333 We are no longer observers to war. 737 01:10:03,783 --> 01:10:05,785 We're active participants... 738 01:10:05,952 --> 01:10:09,798 ...subject to the same heartache as the rest of these soldiers. 739 01:10:17,964 --> 01:10:22,686 When we lost Donald Jeffries, we earned the right to wear the uniform. 740 01:10:23,970 --> 01:10:26,314 And now we've lost our second man. 741 01:10:27,765 --> 01:10:32,362 From the beginning, I told you that no piece of art was worth a man's life. 742 01:10:33,146 --> 01:10:36,025 But these last months have proved me wrong. 743 01:10:36,816 --> 01:10:40,992 This is our history, and it's not to be stolen or destroyed. 744 01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:46,451 It's to be held up and admired, as are these brave men. 745 01:10:48,327 --> 01:10:51,001 And now we owe it to them to finish the job. 746 01:10:54,417 --> 01:10:56,465 Walter, head stateside, get some R & R. 747 01:10:56,627 --> 01:10:58,345 We'll meet up with you later. 748 01:10:58,504 --> 01:11:01,758 If it's all the same to you, I'd like to finish this. 749 01:11:01,924 --> 01:11:03,471 That'd be fine. 750 01:11:04,010 --> 01:11:06,388 All right, let's take a look at where we are. 751 01:11:06,554 --> 01:11:07,601 - Stokes? - Yeah. 752 01:11:07,764 --> 01:11:11,689 I got this off an SS officer. He was stationed in Paris. It's a map. 753 01:11:11,851 --> 01:11:14,525 He had a farmhouse full of stolen art. 754 01:11:16,731 --> 01:11:22,158 I don't understand. Siegen, Siegen. We were there. There's nothing there. 755 01:11:22,695 --> 01:11:25,323 Merkers. Merkers. 756 01:11:26,032 --> 01:11:27,705 They're not train routes. 757 01:11:28,201 --> 01:11:30,704 - Are they airfields? - No. 758 01:11:31,370 --> 01:11:33,247 Bernterode, Salzburg. 759 01:11:33,414 --> 01:11:35,792 Sir, that's not Salzburg. 760 01:11:35,958 --> 01:11:39,428 Salz means "salt." It's a salt mine. 761 01:11:41,047 --> 01:11:43,220 Kalium is "potassium." 762 01:11:44,550 --> 01:11:47,599 Each town has a symbol next to it. 763 01:11:47,762 --> 01:11:51,767 Bernterode is a potassium mine. Merkers, salt mine. 764 01:11:52,183 --> 01:11:53,776 Altaussee, salt mine. 765 01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:56,983 - Siegen... - Copper. 766 01:12:02,235 --> 01:12:04,158 There's a copper mine in Siegen. 767 01:13:49,175 --> 01:13:50,597 Dear James: 768 01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:54,014 Yesterday we found 16,000 pieces of stolen art... 769 01:13:54,180 --> 01:13:56,683 ...buried in a German copper urine. 770 01:13:56,849 --> 01:14:00,899 It seems the Nazis took better care of paintings than they did people. 771 01:14:01,062 --> 01:14:04,362 There was no sign of the Madonna that cost Donnie his life... 772 01:14:04,523 --> 01:14:08,778 ...but maybe we'll have better luck in the next mine, in the town of Merkers. 773 01:14:09,111 --> 01:14:10,954 Enclosed are your transfer orders. 774 01:14:11,113 --> 01:14:14,788 We'll need you here, as we've lost both Jeffries and Jean-Claude. 775 01:14:15,368 --> 01:14:16,415 Safe travels. 776 01:14:37,682 --> 01:14:39,650 May I offer you a coffee? 777 01:14:39,809 --> 01:14:41,857 Well, I'm not sure. 778 01:14:47,775 --> 01:14:49,698 I almost didn't recognize you. 779 01:14:50,277 --> 01:14:51,654 My hair? 780 01:14:51,821 --> 01:14:54,916 No, I've just... I've never seen you smile. 781 01:14:55,449 --> 01:14:58,999 Well, James, it's April in Paris. Haven't you heard? 782 01:14:59,453 --> 01:15:02,878 - They write songs about it. - Is that so? 783 01:15:04,792 --> 01:15:06,510 Are you shopping for your wife? 784 01:15:06,669 --> 01:15:10,173 - For my wife? - Every woman loves French perfume. 785 01:15:10,339 --> 01:15:11,431 Even French women? 786 01:15:12,967 --> 01:15:15,015 Especially French women. 787 01:15:16,303 --> 01:15:19,147 Do you write to your wife every day? 788 01:15:19,306 --> 01:15:20,933 No. 789 01:15:21,976 --> 01:15:23,444 But I do write. 790 01:15:24,103 --> 01:15:25,696 Are you a good husband? 791 01:15:27,690 --> 01:15:29,033 I like to think so. 792 01:15:29,191 --> 01:15:32,991 Paris at night finds a lot of good husbands... 793 01:15:33,154 --> 01:15:34,622 ...out. 794 01:15:35,948 --> 01:15:37,416 Well, it's war. 795 01:15:38,492 --> 01:15:40,244 It's Paris. 796 01:15:45,791 --> 01:15:46,838 Sardines. 797 01:15:49,837 --> 01:15:51,214 Crackers. 798 01:15:52,214 --> 01:15:54,091 And some kind of potted meat. 799 01:15:54,258 --> 01:15:57,182 - Are you having a party? - No. 800 01:15:57,344 --> 01:15:59,142 No, stocking up. 801 01:16:01,015 --> 01:16:02,983 My orders came through last night. 802 01:16:04,852 --> 01:16:06,650 I'm heading east. 803 01:16:09,356 --> 01:16:10,824 Germany? 804 01:16:10,983 --> 01:16:14,954 Merkers. There's a mine there. That's where I'll meet the men. 805 01:16:15,112 --> 01:16:17,865 I was just reading about your men. 806 01:16:18,032 --> 01:16:19,079 They found art. 807 01:16:19,867 --> 01:16:21,244 A lot of art. 808 01:16:21,744 --> 01:16:23,337 And they returned it. 809 01:16:23,996 --> 01:16:28,502 Well, what they could. We still don't know who a lot of it belongs to. 810 01:16:29,752 --> 01:16:31,174 When do you leave? 811 01:16:33,255 --> 01:16:35,178 I leave in the morning. 812 01:16:37,885 --> 01:16:40,889 Then we should celebrate tonight. 813 01:16:43,390 --> 01:16:46,644 This is my address. 814 01:16:48,562 --> 01:16:52,157 You bring the potted meat. I'll bring the wine. 815 01:16:58,072 --> 01:16:59,699 What's the attire? 816 01:16:59,865 --> 01:17:02,414 Formal, of course. 817 01:17:02,576 --> 01:17:06,001 Formal, of course. That's what I thought. 818 01:17:33,691 --> 01:17:35,193 You weren't kidding. 819 01:17:37,361 --> 01:17:39,204 I never kid. 820 01:17:39,363 --> 01:17:41,331 This is the best I have. 821 01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:44,918 Why don't you pour the wine? 822 01:17:45,870 --> 01:17:48,339 I brought some things. I brought some cheese... 823 01:17:48,497 --> 01:17:50,625 ...some brie cheese and croissants. 824 01:17:51,709 --> 01:17:53,086 Very French. 825 01:17:54,086 --> 01:17:56,180 I cooked a hen. 826 01:17:56,338 --> 01:17:59,057 - A hen? - Yes. 827 01:18:00,259 --> 01:18:02,353 It should be ready soon. 828 01:18:04,889 --> 01:18:07,438 Here, put this on. 829 01:18:10,394 --> 01:18:13,068 You know, in France... 830 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:16,325 ...if you are given an invitation to a formal party... 831 01:18:16,483 --> 01:18:18,406 ...you dress accordingly. 832 01:18:20,863 --> 01:18:23,241 It matches my eyes. 833 01:18:25,409 --> 01:18:27,377 Then you may keep it. 834 01:18:31,081 --> 01:18:33,049 Rosenberg. Goering. 835 01:18:33,209 --> 01:18:34,961 Lohse. Von Behr. 836 01:18:35,127 --> 01:18:37,971 These are the key figures in the ERR. 837 01:18:38,130 --> 01:18:40,599 The Staff for Special Purposes. 838 01:18:40,758 --> 01:18:45,104 They started with the Jewish collectors in 1940. 839 01:18:45,262 --> 01:18:46,980 You see Stahl? 840 01:18:47,139 --> 01:18:48,812 The SS farmer. 841 01:18:48,974 --> 01:18:50,442 Farmer. 842 01:18:50,601 --> 01:18:52,569 Here he is with Goering. 843 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:55,823 Inspecting art to be stolen and shipped to Germany. 844 01:18:59,151 --> 01:19:02,280 Most of the pieces they would photograph, then take. 845 01:19:02,446 --> 01:19:07,418 And they would send Hitler albums filled with the stolen artwork. 846 01:19:07,576 --> 01:19:10,796 And the modern masters, you know, like Picasso, Klee... 847 01:19:10,955 --> 01:19:15,506 - Yes. - ...Max Ernst, were just burned in the yard. 848 01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:18,008 Hundreds of paintings. 849 01:19:18,796 --> 01:19:21,470 And you believe these paintings are in the mines? 850 01:19:23,467 --> 01:19:24,639 No. 851 01:19:26,136 --> 01:19:27,638 No, not these. 852 01:19:40,651 --> 01:19:43,074 This is all I have, James. 853 01:19:45,155 --> 01:19:46,873 This is my life. 854 01:19:47,658 --> 01:19:49,160 I understand. 855 01:19:50,077 --> 01:19:54,332 This is every piece of art that came through the Jeu de Paume. 856 01:19:54,832 --> 01:20:00,259 Now, I have kept train manifests, receipts, letters for every single piece. 857 01:20:02,589 --> 01:20:06,219 Who it belonged to, who took it, where they took it. 858 01:20:06,385 --> 01:20:09,810 I kept a colored mark here for every piece, to match this ledger. 859 01:20:09,972 --> 01:20:11,394 Jesus Christ. 860 01:20:13,684 --> 01:20:15,357 I'm giving it to you. 861 01:20:16,186 --> 01:20:18,609 It's your responsibility now. 862 01:20:20,524 --> 01:20:22,151 I understand. 863 01:20:24,528 --> 01:20:28,328 There's a castle in the Bavarian Alps, Neuschwanstein. 864 01:20:28,907 --> 01:20:32,036 You should find most of the art there. 865 01:20:33,203 --> 01:20:34,796 Thank you, Claire. 866 01:20:35,622 --> 01:20:38,876 And you tell them Claire Simone says hello when you get there. 867 01:20:39,710 --> 01:20:41,758 I'll do just that. 868 01:20:49,887 --> 01:20:54,188 I am out of wine, but I have cognac. 869 01:20:57,144 --> 01:20:58,862 I should go. 870 01:21:01,648 --> 01:21:03,275 You could stay. 871 01:21:07,654 --> 01:21:11,409 It's Paris, you know? 872 01:21:40,938 --> 01:21:43,236 I do love my tie. 873 01:22:23,522 --> 01:22:25,320 Say, fellas. 874 01:22:25,482 --> 01:22:26,825 Well, hello! 875 01:22:27,609 --> 01:22:29,657 - Welcome back. - Welcome back, sir. 876 01:22:29,820 --> 01:22:32,949 - Good to see you. - How was vacation? 877 01:22:33,574 --> 01:22:34,666 Where's Stokes? 878 01:22:57,014 --> 01:22:59,016 She's not here, is she? 879 01:23:02,186 --> 01:23:03,654 Who? 880 01:23:04,855 --> 01:23:06,277 The Madonna. 881 01:23:08,525 --> 01:23:10,277 Not here, not in Siegen. 882 01:23:10,444 --> 01:23:12,037 She'll turn up. 883 01:23:13,071 --> 01:23:14,914 I'm not so sure. 884 01:23:17,409 --> 01:23:20,413 Donald was so proud of what we're doing here. 885 01:23:22,039 --> 01:23:24,417 He was proud to be a part of it. 886 01:23:27,044 --> 01:23:30,423 There will never be a thousand-year Reich. 887 01:23:31,089 --> 01:23:32,716 No Fatherland. 888 01:23:34,051 --> 01:23:36,145 No Fuhrer Museum. 889 01:23:39,306 --> 01:23:42,651 If Jean-Claude and Donald had something to do with that, well... 890 01:23:43,810 --> 01:23:45,232 ...I guess it's okay. 891 01:23:47,523 --> 01:23:49,617 I just have some unfinished business. 892 01:23:49,775 --> 01:23:51,277 We'll find her. 893 01:23:52,444 --> 01:23:53,616 Yeah. 894 01:23:58,617 --> 01:24:00,790 He really wanted it all. 895 01:24:01,620 --> 01:24:03,293 He wanted everything. 896 01:24:09,962 --> 01:24:13,933 - Private, what does that sign say? - "Storage." 897 01:24:14,633 --> 01:24:17,637 - See if there are any lanterns in there. - Yes, sir. 898 01:24:37,656 --> 01:24:38,873 You okay in there? 899 01:24:42,995 --> 01:24:44,417 Sam? 900 01:25:25,704 --> 01:25:29,709 Buried some 1200 feet below the ground in a salt mine in Merkers, Germany... 901 01:25:29,875 --> 01:25:32,879 ...our Gls discovered over 100 tons of gold bullion... 902 01:25:33,045 --> 01:25:35,218 ...the entirety of Germany's reserve. 903 01:25:35,380 --> 01:25:38,475 A crushing blow to Hitler. Grand news indeed... 904 01:25:38,634 --> 01:25:43,140 ...and congratulations to generals Patton, Bradley and Eisenhower. 905 01:25:48,226 --> 01:25:51,105 The Army may not care much about art... 906 01:25:51,563 --> 01:25:54,316 ...but they sure as shit care about gold. 907 01:25:55,484 --> 01:25:58,203 General Patton, what are you gonna do with the gold? 908 01:26:02,949 --> 01:26:06,294 - Private, give me a hand. - Yes, sir. 909 01:26:08,705 --> 01:26:11,458 I don't think you've been properly introduced. 910 01:26:12,209 --> 01:26:15,258 Sam, that's your neighbor, Mr. Rembrandt. 911 01:26:18,590 --> 01:26:21,059 You tell your grandfather when you see him. 912 01:26:22,594 --> 01:26:24,016 Nice to meet you. 913 01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:29,484 Hey, got us a couple of trucks. 914 01:26:29,643 --> 01:26:31,691 Do I want to know how? 915 01:27:31,830 --> 01:27:34,629 A lot of files. Looks like they were burning records. 916 01:27:35,542 --> 01:27:38,295 It's a bunch of junk. An old pot. 917 01:27:38,462 --> 01:27:40,385 - Hey, Stokes? - Yeah? 918 01:27:40,547 --> 01:27:43,471 - Can you come in here for a minute? - Yeah. 919 01:27:50,974 --> 01:27:53,352 - What have you got? - Stop, stop. 920 01:27:54,561 --> 01:28:00,489 Stop. I seem to have stepped on a land mine of some son. 921 01:28:01,818 --> 01:28:04,742 - Why'd you do something like that? - It was a slow day. 922 01:28:07,157 --> 01:28:09,501 - I wouldn't move. - I'd like to at some point. 923 01:28:09,659 --> 01:28:12,333 - Campbell, Garfield, get in here! - What'll they do? 924 01:28:12,496 --> 01:28:14,874 - They're architects. - So they know explosives? 925 01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:16,713 - It's that or Savitz. - What? 926 01:28:16,875 --> 01:28:20,846 - Boy, it is burned to heck in here. - Everybody just stay where they are. 927 01:28:21,004 --> 01:28:24,725 Looks like the lieutenant here is standing on an unexploded mine. 928 01:28:25,050 --> 01:28:26,222 Why would you do that? 929 01:28:26,384 --> 01:28:28,512 - I asked him the same thing. - He did. 930 01:28:31,097 --> 01:28:34,226 Well, you're going to have to... 931 01:28:35,894 --> 01:28:38,864 - ...step off of it eventually. - Well, eventually, yes. 932 01:28:39,022 --> 01:28:44,700 And either the mine is so damaged from the fire that it's a dud... 933 01:28:44,861 --> 01:28:46,033 How likely is that? 934 01:28:47,239 --> 01:28:48,866 Most likely. 935 01:28:50,242 --> 01:28:53,621 But if it's not, there will probably be... 936 01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:55,918 ...a sizable explosion. 937 01:29:09,302 --> 01:29:13,182 - How much do you weigh? - One-seventy-five. 938 01:29:19,145 --> 01:29:20,863 Grad school, I was 175. 939 01:29:31,408 --> 01:29:33,001 Now what? 940 01:29:34,661 --> 01:29:38,757 Well, if we did this right, you just step off. 941 01:29:45,797 --> 01:29:49,768 Okay, well, what say you fellas head to the exit? 942 01:29:50,760 --> 01:29:53,479 I think we'll just hang around and keep you company. 943 01:29:53,638 --> 01:29:55,311 That's not necessary, Frank. 944 01:29:56,182 --> 01:29:58,401 I think it is. Fellas? 945 01:29:58,560 --> 01:30:00,312 I'm not going anywhere. 946 01:30:00,478 --> 01:30:02,321 I'll be fine right here. 947 01:30:04,190 --> 01:30:06,534 Yeah, what the hell. 948 01:30:07,819 --> 01:30:10,538 Okay, James, that's how it's gonna be. 949 01:30:12,949 --> 01:30:14,201 Well... 950 01:30:15,327 --> 01:30:19,548 ...on the off-chance that this thing blows us sky high... 951 01:30:21,374 --> 01:30:23,376 ...been an honor serving with you all. 952 01:30:23,543 --> 01:30:25,511 - Same here. - Agreed. 953 01:30:27,213 --> 01:30:31,559 Okay, so I'll just count to three and step off. 954 01:30:31,718 --> 01:30:33,971 - Good. - Take your time. 955 01:30:47,359 --> 01:30:48,656 One... 956 01:30:50,320 --> 01:30:53,574 - Goddamn it. - Shit. 957 01:30:57,077 --> 01:30:59,455 - What happened to two and three? - I panicked. 958 01:30:59,621 --> 01:31:01,089 Told you it was a dud. 959 01:31:52,841 --> 01:31:54,138 Picasso. 960 01:32:07,772 --> 01:32:09,274 Is that gold? 961 01:32:18,783 --> 01:32:20,376 It's from teeth. 962 01:33:59,509 --> 01:34:01,056 That's a Rodin. 963 01:35:31,059 --> 01:35:32,606 Altaussee! 964 01:35:33,394 --> 01:35:36,113 The Ghent Altarpiece is in the mine at Altaussee. 965 01:35:36,272 --> 01:35:37,319 What? 966 01:35:37,482 --> 01:35:39,405 - It's right here. - What did you find? 967 01:35:39,567 --> 01:35:41,661 - Sam, give us a hand! - What is it? 968 01:35:46,074 --> 01:35:48,076 It was stored there a year ago. 969 01:35:48,326 --> 01:35:50,829 - How do you know? - It says nothing after that. 970 01:35:51,079 --> 01:35:52,422 It's still there. 971 01:35:55,833 --> 01:35:57,426 Want to go get it? 972 01:35:59,254 --> 01:36:01,757 You give that Claire a big kiss. 973 01:36:02,340 --> 01:36:03,387 She'd like that. 974 01:36:20,942 --> 01:36:24,196 Hey, sarge, we're trying to get to Altaussee. 975 01:36:24,362 --> 01:36:25,989 Keep going that way. 976 01:36:26,155 --> 01:36:29,785 - Where you fellas headed? - Home. Germany surrendered. War's over. 977 01:36:29,951 --> 01:36:31,498 - No kidding? - Yeah. 978 01:36:31,661 --> 01:36:34,210 Ain't there supposed to be a parade or something? 979 01:36:34,372 --> 01:36:36,215 Probably not in Germany. 980 01:36:36,374 --> 01:36:37,967 Yeah, right. 981 01:36:49,304 --> 01:36:52,103 Jesus Christ, they blew the mine. 982 01:36:52,557 --> 01:36:55,060 - Any other openings? - Two others, blown to shit. 983 01:36:55,226 --> 01:36:57,945 They stored armaments here, then blew everything up. 984 01:36:58,104 --> 01:37:00,277 - Who gave the order? War's over. - Ask him. 985 01:37:00,440 --> 01:37:02,442 Caught a Kraut, Wagner, hiding in town. 986 01:37:02,608 --> 01:37:05,612 Sam, Savitz, find some locals, get a diagram of the mine. 987 01:37:05,778 --> 01:37:08,247 - Walter and I can look at the entrances. - Okay. 988 01:37:08,406 --> 01:37:09,453 - Come on. - Captain... 989 01:37:09,615 --> 01:37:11,868 - ...can I talk to that Kraut? - Sure can. 990 01:37:19,459 --> 01:37:21,803 - Bum your smokes? - Yeah. 991 01:37:22,420 --> 01:37:23,797 Thanks. 992 01:37:32,972 --> 01:37:36,146 - I'm told you speak English. - I do. 993 01:37:36,642 --> 01:37:39,145 - Would you like a cigarette? - Don't smoke. 994 01:37:40,813 --> 01:37:42,861 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 995 01:37:43,024 --> 01:37:44,947 So I assumed. 996 01:37:45,651 --> 01:37:47,699 Why'd you blow the mine? 997 01:37:49,655 --> 01:37:51,328 What was in the mine? 998 01:37:52,492 --> 01:37:54,836 Salt, I think. 999 01:37:55,787 --> 01:37:58,791 - You know the war is over. - Congratulations. 1000 01:38:01,334 --> 01:38:04,008 We believe there are pieces of art in that mine... 1001 01:38:04,170 --> 01:38:06,593 ...that we've been tasked to find. 1002 01:38:07,298 --> 01:38:08,595 Did you take them out? 1003 01:38:09,175 --> 01:38:11,803 What will you offer me for my answer? 1004 01:38:12,804 --> 01:38:14,306 As you say, the war is over. 1005 01:38:15,473 --> 01:38:17,521 I followed orders. I committed no crime. 1006 01:38:17,683 --> 01:38:22,814 According to the Geneva Conventions, I will be released and sent home. 1007 01:38:25,108 --> 01:38:30,365 I was told that before you were sent here, you ran one of those camps. 1008 01:38:31,697 --> 01:38:34,576 - Who told you that? - A little bird. 1009 01:38:36,452 --> 01:38:39,752 - You're not Jewish, lieutenant? - No. 1010 01:38:40,373 --> 01:38:42,421 Then you should thank me. 1011 01:38:50,716 --> 01:38:52,969 You know, I don't smoke either. 1012 01:38:55,054 --> 01:38:56,727 My first cigarette. 1013 01:38:57,849 --> 01:38:59,442 But... 1014 01:39:01,894 --> 01:39:04,147 ...I want to remember this moment. 1015 01:39:07,233 --> 01:39:09,531 I'm gonna go home soon. 1016 01:39:10,069 --> 01:39:13,414 Got a nice apartment in New York on the Upper West Side. 1017 01:39:13,573 --> 01:39:16,497 There's a deli down the street called Sid's. 1018 01:39:17,577 --> 01:39:19,250 Every morning... 1019 01:39:19,912 --> 01:39:24,042 ...I walk there and I get a cup of coffee and a bagel... 1020 01:39:24,208 --> 01:39:26,176 ...and I read the newspaper. 1021 01:39:27,170 --> 01:39:31,676 I think about it every day here. It'll be the first place I go when I get stateside. 1022 01:39:31,841 --> 01:39:36,768 I'm gonna be sitting there, eating one of Sid Meldman's toasted onion bagels... 1023 01:39:36,929 --> 01:39:41,435 ...and reading a tiny article in The New York Times, page... 1024 01:39:42,602 --> 01:39:44,195 ...18... 1025 01:39:45,188 --> 01:39:47,691 ...that says you, Colonel Wegner, were hanged... 1026 01:39:47,857 --> 01:39:50,451 ...for your crimes you committed during the war... 1027 01:39:50,610 --> 01:39:53,363 ...and you were buried in an unmarked grave. 1028 01:39:55,615 --> 01:39:57,913 And then I'll think about my cigarette... 1029 01:39:59,785 --> 01:40:04,256 ...and I'll think about you sitting there with that stupid look on your face. 1030 01:40:09,045 --> 01:40:12,219 Then I'll finish my coffee... 1031 01:40:12,381 --> 01:40:15,385 ...leave the paper for Sid to wrap fish in. 1032 01:40:16,636 --> 01:40:18,684 I'll never think of you again. 1033 01:40:25,811 --> 01:40:28,064 Sure you don't want that cigarette? 1034 01:40:42,745 --> 01:40:45,794 The Germans didn't blow it! The local miners did! 1035 01:40:45,957 --> 01:40:49,678 They found out the Nazis' plan, sealed the mine entrances to stop them. 1036 01:40:49,835 --> 01:40:51,883 - We'll dig in. - How long will that take? 1037 01:40:52,046 --> 01:40:55,550 - A day or two if these miners help us. - Might wanna move quicker. 1038 01:40:55,716 --> 01:40:58,686 - We got orders to pull out tonight. - What orders? 1039 01:40:58,844 --> 01:41:00,471 Top brass. 1040 01:41:00,638 --> 01:41:03,892 This territory goes to the Russians. They're moving south now. 1041 01:41:04,058 --> 01:41:06,481 - Should be here tomorrow. - Tomorrow? 1042 01:41:06,644 --> 01:41:08,317 Maybe sooner. 1043 01:41:09,981 --> 01:41:11,983 Do you have any explosives? 1044 01:41:19,198 --> 01:41:21,826 Here we go! Everybody down! 1045 01:41:27,873 --> 01:41:29,671 Maybe I should do this. 1046 01:41:29,834 --> 01:41:31,802 What do you know about explosives? 1047 01:41:31,961 --> 01:41:33,338 Nothing. 1048 01:41:33,796 --> 01:41:35,139 Okay. 1049 01:42:44,283 --> 01:42:47,412 We're short one. We're missing one. 1050 01:42:47,578 --> 01:42:51,503 - You've gotta be kidding me. - We're missing a goddamn panel. 1051 01:43:06,597 --> 01:43:10,227 We have to go, fellas, unless you speak Russian! 1052 01:43:11,143 --> 01:43:13,862 - We've covered all this area. - We didn't look here. 1053 01:43:14,021 --> 01:43:15,614 - We did. - We didn't look here. 1054 01:43:15,773 --> 01:43:18,026 This is us right now. This is where we have to go. 1055 01:43:18,192 --> 01:43:19,569 This is this! 1056 01:43:19,735 --> 01:43:23,080 No, this is where we are now. And this is where we didn't look. 1057 01:43:23,239 --> 01:43:26,083 We were here, we went over here. Where didn't we go? 1058 01:43:26,242 --> 01:43:28,916 We didn't go here and we didn't go there. 1059 01:43:29,078 --> 01:43:31,172 Yeah, we gotta... This, this. 1060 01:43:31,330 --> 01:43:33,173 - Give me a hand, will you? - What? 1061 01:43:36,669 --> 01:43:40,390 You are going to miss me so much when this is over. 1062 01:43:40,548 --> 01:43:41,845 I doubt it. 1063 01:43:48,806 --> 01:43:50,479 Okay. 1064 01:43:57,648 --> 01:44:00,071 Right now you wish that German had shot you. 1065 01:44:01,694 --> 01:44:03,037 I do. 1066 01:44:11,996 --> 01:44:15,296 - Get out of here now, I'm not kidding. - I'm going after Stokes. 1067 01:44:15,458 --> 01:44:17,381 Be right behind you, captain! 1068 01:44:21,881 --> 01:44:23,599 Stokes! 1069 01:44:28,220 --> 01:44:29,688 Frank, we gotta go! 1070 01:44:45,237 --> 01:44:46,580 Stokes! 1071 01:44:49,575 --> 01:44:50,918 Stokes! 1072 01:45:44,129 --> 01:45:45,881 Let's get out of here. 1073 01:45:50,886 --> 01:45:52,433 Hey. 1074 01:45:54,682 --> 01:45:56,980 - Hey, hey, we gotta go. - Give me a hand. 1075 01:45:57,142 --> 01:46:00,146 - No, no, Frank, we gotta go. - Give me a hand. 1076 01:46:02,273 --> 01:46:04,901 - Holy shit. - Come on, give me a hand. 1077 01:46:05,150 --> 01:46:07,198 - Holy shit. - Stokes! 1078 01:46:07,361 --> 01:46:08,954 Granger! 1079 01:46:09,864 --> 01:46:10,911 Jesus. 1080 01:46:11,073 --> 01:46:13,292 - We gotta get out of here. - Give us a hand. 1081 01:46:14,910 --> 01:46:17,083 - Holy shit! - He just said that. 1082 01:46:17,329 --> 01:46:18,831 I did. 1083 01:46:27,172 --> 01:46:30,517 You can add this to the long list of Hitler's failures. 1084 01:46:30,676 --> 01:46:33,725 He tried to take something that could never be his. 1085 01:46:33,888 --> 01:46:38,815 The story of our lives painted on canvas or etched in stone. 1086 01:46:39,518 --> 01:46:41,612 With the Russians bearing down on us... 1087 01:46:41,770 --> 01:46:44,148 ...we left Altaussee with some 3000 pieces... 1088 01:46:44,315 --> 01:46:50,118 ...including the Ghent Altarpiece and the Bruges Madonna and Child. 1089 01:46:50,863 --> 01:46:53,412 We did leave something for our Russian friends... 1090 01:46:53,574 --> 01:46:55,326 ...to take back to Leningrad. 1091 01:47:07,379 --> 01:47:11,634 We headed northwest. Savitz and Campbell flew the Altarpiece to Belgium. 1092 01:47:11,967 --> 01:47:18,100 It was displayed in Brussels and then returned to the chapel in St. Bavo. 1093 01:47:27,191 --> 01:47:30,070 With Second Lieutenant James Granger... 1094 01:47:30,235 --> 01:47:33,455 ...several trainloads of French art found in a castle... 1095 01:47:33,614 --> 01:47:36,163 ...in Bavaria were returned 10 Paris,. 1096 01:47:45,250 --> 01:47:46,968 Thank you, James. 1097 01:47:55,052 --> 01:47:57,305 Everything from paintings to sculptures... 1098 01:47:58,097 --> 01:48:00,850 ...tapestries, even jewelry, is being returned. 1099 01:48:01,016 --> 01:48:06,694 It is the greatest collection of private art in the history of the world. 1100 01:48:07,106 --> 01:48:09,905 We also found 5000 church bells... 1101 01:48:10,067 --> 01:48:13,321 ...300 trolley cars, 3 million books... 1102 01:48:13,487 --> 01:48:15,615 ...and thousands of Torahs. 1103 01:48:17,950 --> 01:48:19,918 In all, the numbers are staggering. 1104 01:48:20,077 --> 01:48:23,377 There were over 5 million pieces recovered. 1105 01:48:36,093 --> 01:48:40,269 There are still, of course, many great works that have gone missing. 1106 01:48:40,431 --> 01:48:42,934 Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man, for instance. 1107 01:48:43,100 --> 01:48:46,229 And with your permission, I'd like to keep looking for him. 1108 01:48:47,312 --> 01:48:50,816 Well, lieutenant, let me have a talk with Secretary Stimson here... 1109 01:48:50,983 --> 01:48:53,827 - ...and I'll give you an answer. - Thank you, sir. 1110 01:48:54,319 --> 01:48:56,947 And you lost men on this mission, lieutenant? 1111 01:48:57,114 --> 01:49:00,994 Yes, sir, two men. A Frenchman named Jean-Claude Clement... 1112 01:49:11,128 --> 01:49:13,005 And a Brit named Donald Jeffries... 1113 01:49:13,172 --> 01:49:16,267 ...who lost his life saving the Bruges Madonna and Child. 1114 01:49:16,425 --> 01:49:19,224 Lieutenant Stokes, I have one question. 1115 01:49:19,386 --> 01:49:22,139 - You said the Madonna. - Yes, sir, the Bruges Madonna. 1116 01:49:22,306 --> 01:49:24,980 - Right. Michelangelo made it, right? - Yes, sir. 1117 01:49:25,142 --> 01:49:28,942 - And you lost a man trying to save it. - Donald Jeffries. 1118 01:49:29,104 --> 01:49:32,199 You think it was worth it, for a piece of art? 1119 01:49:33,275 --> 01:49:37,246 Do you think Jeffries would say it was worth it, if he could speak? 1120 01:49:38,363 --> 01:49:40,161 If he could speak? 1121 01:49:43,786 --> 01:49:45,413 I think he would. 1122 01:49:46,538 --> 01:49:48,916 All right then, how about you, lieutenant? 1123 01:49:49,083 --> 01:49:52,462 You were in charge, and this gets to the heart of the matter. 1124 01:49:52,628 --> 01:49:54,972 Do you think 30 years from now... 1125 01:49:55,130 --> 01:50:00,728 ...anyone's going to remember that these men died for a piece of art? 1126 01:50:13,398 --> 01:50:14,820 Yeah. 1127 01:50:25,410 --> 01:50:27,833 - You ready? - Yeah. 1128 01:50:28,080 --> 01:50:31,004 - Let's get out of here. - Okay. 1129 01:50:36,029 --> 01:50:40,029 ~ Corrected by Dragonborn~