The Man Who Saved the Louvre (2014)

Original title

Illustre & inconnu : comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Devillers, Pierre Pochart

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

57 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells how Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and his team moved artworks out of the museum before German forces could take them during World War II.

informativeresolutetensehistoricalurgentseriouseducationalmatter-of-fact

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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