Art can be very valuable and, thus, eyed by people looking to acquire pieces of artwork by nefarious means to sell. This show views investigations of notable art thefts through the eyes of detectives and forensics analysts tasked with locating missing masterpieces. Each episode focuses on one infamous theft or related mystery, using archival footage and re-enactments to illustrate how the piece disappeared and — in many cases — was recovered. Highlights are the 1911 theft of the “Mona Lisa,” a trove of treasures stolen by the Nazis, and Fabergé eggs missing since the Russian Revolution.
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DId you guys hire the sound editor from Curiosity Stream? Talk about over OVER dubbed! Do you do this to get around copyright?
How time flies when one is enthralled with this great documentary.
Me too, I did a copy of the weeping woman, with acrylic paint on very rough plywood, in the exact same size.
It took me 3 months of at least two or more hours every day. I sold it in a gallery called the flying hare for five, almost five years after I painted it. Wish I could put the picture up right here, right now…
Can you please tone down the background music
Sorry can not stand the music. Very disappointing the topic is very interesting.
With Gurlitt, it is really difficult to decide what his intentions were at the start. He may very well have been trying to save the artwork that the Nazi's would have destroyed. He was a part of the modern art movement so would have appreciated them and not wanted them to be destroyed. Being an artist myself, I cringe at the thought of artwork of any kind being destroyed, even if it is something I do not like. So finding a way to save them, I can understand. But once the war was over and the artwork was still kept secret, that is when it is very obvious that it was not to save the art but to own it that he did this. Or at least, that was his motivation at the end.
The music is too loud.
3:45 umm the Nazis came to power in 1933 – no '53
At 8;05 can someone please name the artist and name of work (man balancing on one hand)
Music is too loud over voices
Did anyone watch the movie The Monuments Men? The artwork found in the salt mine was covered. Of course I don't know how accurate the details are but I know they recovered a lot of art. There's also a book about them.
HOLY CRAP! THE MUSIC! MORE LIKE A BATTLEFIELD!! IM OUTTA HERE
Brilliant but ruined by the sound mix. Whoever did the sound levels on this must be deaf.
I don't think the music was loud enough. I could actually hear the add word.
Reminded me of the vilification of all things Muslim in recent era.
music is too loud, can't watch it
Couldn’t hear the narrator at times for the ridiculously loud music. 😖
The sound engineer needs to go back to school
Why is the narrator's voice so low?
Unwatchable, the music is too loud
At least closed captions do work, so you can turn down the sound and read the narration.
The Van Gogh episode was particularly touching.
I personally didn't have a problem with the volume of the music.
I love documentaries of all kinds and I love this series. But I have to confess that when watching the first ep, I kept thinking of Allo Allo and their Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies….
I love documentaries of all kinds and I love this series. But I have to confess that when watching the first ep, I kept thinking of Allo Allo and their Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies….
"Background" music far too loud. Could barely hear the narrator.
The music distracts from the story. In fairness, I think the intent might be to have a dramatic music. However, the presentation itself is excellent on its own.
narration seems fine. a little low to start, but ok considering the stories being told, a miniscule sacrifice.
These are good documentaries. but it's so unfortunate about the sound! First you have a commentary that's difficult to hear behind the music, and then a talking head starts and drowns all that out. The ss0ound needs to be re-engineered completely.
3:26:10 – "Perugio became an hero to many in Italy" – not a surprise. Many Italians to this day still act like this mentally challenged guy: always act extremely nationalists and with a sense of major superiority. I mean they see everything through a green, white and red stripe filter.
Yes, Malcolm Forbes collected the eggs for himself. However, he put them on display, behind bulletproof glass, in the lobby of the Forbes Magazine building so that everyone who passed by could enjoy them. My grandmother, who worked in the subscription department of the magazine, and knew Malcolm personally, saw the eggs many times.
The music drowned out this documentary so much I had to turn it off
Music fucked it up I had to turn it off
Turn the music up. I can still hear the narration.
Pls put music in the background instead of the foreground. Please re-edit.