The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Der Raub der Mona Lisa
Release: 1931-08-24
·Runtime: 83m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Super-Film GmbH
Cast
Fritz Alberti
Fritz Greiner
Angelo Ferrari
as Italienischer Polizeikommissar
Fritz Grünbaum
as Angeblicher Bilderdieb
Alexandra Molino von Kluck
Lilian Ellis
Hermine Sterler
Willi Forst
as Vincenzo Peruggia
Max Gülstorff
as Oberaufseher
Alexander Granach
as Redner
Paul Vincenti
Gustaf Gründgens
as Unbekannter
Ernst Reicher
Teddy Bill
Ferdinand von Alten
Max Linder
as (archive footage)
Rosa Valetti
Fritz Odemar
as Direktor des Louvre
Paul Kemp
as Polizeileutnant
Hubert von Meyerinck
as Museumsführer
Anton Pointner
as Reisender
