Illustrious and unknown. How Jacques Jaujard saved the Louvres

TV

Illustre et Inconnu. Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre
Director
Jean-Pierre Devillers et Pierre Pochart
Production
Ladybirds Films
Broadcaster
France 3
TNZPV Studio
developed and produced the animated sequences and took care of the modelization, the tracking and the compositing.

The movie tells how Jacques Jaujard, director of the National Museums during World War II, saved the masterpieces of the Louvres from the Nazi looting. By organizing the evacuation and exodus of more than 4 000 treasures (including Mona Lisa and the Seated Scribe), this great resistance fighter and senior official has thwarted Hitler’s greed, fooled Vichy’s government saved the heritage and protected lives. From the high-speed chase under the bullets to the multiple disasters he managed to avoid, the fight of Jaujard is eventually unveiled. Performed by Mathieu Amalric, this account, filled with testimonies, animated sequences and original archives, foster a documentary that is like the hero it describes: elegant, quixotic, methodical and thorough.

Illustre et Inconnu. Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre
Illustre et Inconnu. Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre
Illustre et Inconnu. Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre
Illustre et Inconnu. Comment Jacques Jaujard a sauvé le Louvre

With the support of the CNC, of the Louvre museum, of the European MEDIA program, of the PROCIREP-ANGOA, and of A plus Image (Sofica)

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