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The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Directed by Géza von Bolváry

Starring Trude von Molo, Willi Forst

A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl whom he believes bears a resemblance to the painting, and who wants him to become famous, he comes up with the idea of stealing the painting. Based on the real-life theft of 1911.