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The Theft of the Mona Lisa

5.3 83 mins Drama   1931
Super-Film GmbH  
Director(s): Géza von Bolváry

This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.

Casts of The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Trude von Molo

as Mathilde

Willi Forst

as Vincenzo Peruggia

Gustaf Gründgens

as Unbekannter

Fritz Odemar

as Direktor des Louvre

Max Gülstorff

as Oberaufseher

Paul Kemp

as Polizeileutnant

Hubert von Meyerinck

as Museumsführer

Anton Pointner

as Reisender

Alexander Granach

as Redner

Fritz Grünbaum

as Angeblicher Bilderdieb

Angelo Ferrari

as Italienischer Polizeikommissar

Gerti Klemm

as Sängerin

Max Linder

as (archive footage)

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