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
Max Gülstorff
as Oberaufseher
Paul Kemp
as Polizeileutnant
Hubert von Meyerinck
as Museumsführer
Lilian Ellis
Ferdinand von Alten
Fritz Odemar
as Direktor des Louvre
Alexander Granach
as Redner
Angelo Ferrari
as Italienischer Polizeikommissar
Teddy Bill
Hermine Sterler
Paul Vincenti
Anton Pointner
as Reisender
Fritz Grünbaum
as Angeblicher Bilderdieb
Fritz Alberti
Ernst Reicher
Willi Forst
as Vincenzo Peruggia
Fritz Greiner
Alexandra Molino von Kluck
Max Linder
as (archive footage)
Rosa Valetti
Gustaf Gründgens
as Unbekannter
