Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (2024)
108 min
“It’s not every day that you meet an old Nazi.” So begins American historian Jonathan Petropoulos, recalling the day in 1998 when he met Bruno Lohse, who was Hermann Göring’s art agent in Paris during World War II. In this riveting account, Petropoulos details Lohse’s role in stealing countless masterpieces from prominent French and Dutch families, while evading meaningful punishment, and continuing to deal art profitably for most of the rest of his life. This explosively compelling tale calls the international art market to task for its continuing lack of regulation.
- Release date
- November 19, 2024
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Douglas Black Heaton
Cast
- Jonathan Petropoulos as Self
- Marc Mazurovsky as Self - co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project
- Hector Feliciano as Self - author of 'The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art'
- Anne Webber as Self - co-founder of the Commission for Looted Art in Europe
- Philippe Sprang as Self
- Simon Goodman as Self
- Jean-Marc Dreyfus as Self - Historian
- Lynn Nicholas as Self - Art historian
Crew
- Bruno Lohse · Archive footage
- Adolf Hitler · Archive footage
- Hugo Macgregor · Director
- Jonathan Petropoulos · Writer
- Douglas Black Heaton · Composer
- Patrick Acum · Cinematographer
- Dave Adams · Cinematographer
- Axel Baumann · Cinematographer
- Sebastian Bäumler · Cinematographer
- Richard Wilkinson · Editor