06-12-2014, 12:44 PM
Not certain my two cents on the film is all that legit. Never in a good mood on a plane, didn't have earphones so I just watched the moving pictures. Also, from reading up on it a bit, Hitler had a substantial interest in collecting the art of the world as part of his war efforts, which makes it more valid for us to try to thwart him at this as part of our war efforts.
I did look up whether the Germans had the Mona Lisa in their possession. The answer is, no one seems to know for sure. It is generally believed that a copy of the Mona Lisa, painted in Da Vincis times (and therefore difficult to distinguish from the original), was used as a decoy to lead the Nazis on a wild goose chase, and that copy was what was eventually retrieved and returned to the Louvre. As for the original, it was kept hidden, likely at the Louvre itself. The problem is, the Louvre has never really clarified what the state of the Mona Lisa was during that time. So there's a lot of speculation involved.
I did look up whether the Germans had the Mona Lisa in their possession. The answer is, no one seems to know for sure. It is generally believed that a copy of the Mona Lisa, painted in Da Vincis times (and therefore difficult to distinguish from the original), was used as a decoy to lead the Nazis on a wild goose chase, and that copy was what was eventually retrieved and returned to the Louvre. As for the original, it was kept hidden, likely at the Louvre itself. The problem is, the Louvre has never really clarified what the state of the Mona Lisa was during that time. So there's a lot of speculation involved.