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The Monuments Men

2013
United States / Germany / United Kingdom
feature film - War
118 min. (3243 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

An American special army unit tries to save the cultural heritage during WWII.

Cast

Actor/-ess: George Clooney (Frank Stokes); Matt Damon (James Granger); Bill Murray (Richard Campbell); Cate Blanchett (Claire Simone); John Goodman (Walter Garfield); Jean Dujardin (Jean Claude Clermont); Hugh Bonneville (Donald Jeffries); Robert Balaban (Preston Savitz); Dimitri Leonidas (Sam Epstein); Justus von Dohnányi (Viktor Stahl); Holger Handtke (Colonel Wegner); Michael Hofland (Priester Claude); Zachary Baharov (Commander Elya); Michael Brandner (dentist); Ronny Leßmann (Soldat); Miles Jupp (Major Feilding); Alexandre Desplat (Emile); Diarmaid Murtagh (Captain Harpen); Serge Hazanavicius (Rene Armand); Luc Feit (Aachen Vicar); Emil von Schönfels (Sniper Junge); Udo Kroschwald (Hermann Göring); Grant Heslov (Doktor); Christian Rodska (President Truman); Stefan Kolosko (Deutscher Befehlshaber); Thomas Wingrich (Deutscher Befehlshaber); Ronny Leßmann (soldier)

Direction

Director: George Clooney

Assistant director: Danny Webb

Writing

Screenplay: George Clooney; Grant Heslov

Based on: Robert M. Edsel; Bret Witter

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Phedon Papamichael

Assistant camera / focus puller: Christian Graf; Lars Richter

Steadicam: Jörg Widmer

Optical effects: Lindsay McFarlane; Steffen Hagen

Lighting design: Björn Susen

Lighting technician: Martin Lieckfeld

Key grip: Glenn König; Hans Hellner

Decor

Set Dresser: Uli Passauer; Manuel Hess; Stefan Sellin; Frank Noack

Set design: Bernhard Henrich

Property master: Marcus Haendgen; Wolfram Krabiell

Stand-by props: Oliver Kuhlmann

Construction manager: Gunter Müller; Matthias Prange

Make-up artist: Heba Thorisdottir; Christine Beveridge; Petra Schaumann; Daniela Skala; Valeska Schitthelm; Jan Kempkens-Odemski

Costume design: John C. Casey; Louise Frogley

Wardrobe: Tanja Jesek

Production design: James D. Bissell

Art Director: David Scheunemann; Cornelia Ott; Helen Jarvis

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Stephen Mirrione

Sound: Edward Tise

Audio mixing: Oliver Tamey

Special effects: Klaus Mielich

Casting: Jina Jay

Music

Music: Alexandre Desplat

Production

Producer: George Clooney; Grant Heslov

Co-Producer: Carl L. Woebcken; Henning Molfenter; Christoph Fisser

Executive Producer: Barbara A. Hall

Unit production manager: Arno Neubauer; Barbara A. Hall

Location manager: Daniel Mattig; Matthias Braun; Tristan Hume; Bastian Rabe

Companies

Production company: Smokehouse Pictures

in Co-Production: Studio Babelsberg GmbH; Obelisk Productions