2007
Unrated
Menemsha Films
1 h 57 m

2007
Unrated
Menemsha Films
1 h 57 m

Summary The Rape of Europa is an epic journey through seven countries that follows the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare, which threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For 12 long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on an unprecedented scale in history. But heroic young art historians and curators from Ame...

Directed By: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham

Written By: Jon Else, Lynn Nicholas, Nicole Newnham, Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge

2007
Unrated
Menemsha Films
1 h 57 m

2007
Unrated
Menemsha Films
1 h 57 m

The Rape of Europa

Name: The Rape of Europa
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Released: 2007-09-14
Duration: 1 min 57 s
Rating: 77
Cast: Joan Allen, E. Randol Schoenberg, Maria Altmann, Wolfgang Fischer, Jonathan Petropoulos

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 5 User Ratings

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Directed By: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham

Written By: Jon Else, Lynn Nicholas, Nicole Newnham, Bonni Cohen, Richard Berge

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Chicago Reader

Filmmakers Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, and Nicole Newhman do a superb job of telling this neglected story in vivid detail.

By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW

Portland Oregonian

The film is somewhat scattered in construction, but it's an eye-opener.

By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

A surprisingly vast and involving topic.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Impressive in scope if unremarkable in style, The Rape of Europa provides a chronology of World War II as it was experienced by "David," "Mona Lisa," and other artistic treasures the Nazis plundered.

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Chicago Sun-Times

A startling documentary.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

It’s absorbing. The world came perilously close to losing so many Rembrandts, so many Klimts. The cultural casualties, near and actual, may be dwarfed by the millions slaughtered in the same churn of history. But we are what we create, and when emblems of a civilization are reduced to pawns of wartime, there is no victor.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

Entertainment Weekly

Unfortunately, most of the two-hour documentary is devoted to annotating what the Nazis stole for both their state and personal collections. The movie doesn't dramatize this crime -- it catalogs it. With deadening monotony.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Actual Films, Agon Arts and Entertainent, Oregon Public Broadcasting

Release Date Sep 14, 2007

Duration 1 h 57 m

Rating Unrated

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Tagline Imagine The World Without Our Masterpieces

Website http://therapeofeuropa.com/

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Awards

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

• 2 Nominations

RiverRun International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

The Rape of Europa

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Joan Allen

Narrator

E. Randol Schoenberg

Self

Maria Altmann

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Wolfgang Fischer

Self

Jonathan Petropoulos

Self

Kenneth Lindsay

Self

Lynn Nicholas

Self

Nancy Yeide

Self

Gottfried Toman

Self

S. Laine Faison

Self

Andrej Kamienski

Self

Maria Osterwa Czekaj

Self

Monika Kuhnke

Self

Count Adam Zamoyski

Self

Vincent Pomarède

Self

Alain Pasquier

Self

Frédérique Hébrard

Self

Claude Delibes

Self

Isabelle le Masne de Chermont

Self

David Carroll

Self

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