Terrific team

Rating: 7/10 (11 March 2014)

Not exactly a masterpiece but a movie worth to be seen anyway. It's the story of a team charged to rescue works of art namely masterpieces stolen by the Nazis from museums, churches and private owners (mainly Jews) at the end of World War II when their defeated army was retiring from occupied countries (France and Belgium) chased by the Allies. The story is told in a pleasant visual terms and with an excellent performing of all actors in a good vivid rhythm and in a very well rebuild sceneries and atmosphere of locals and action of that time. The rescue team acts very courageously and with great comradeship among them. The story is totally credible despite several odd and dangerous situations in which the rescue team gets involved also because sometimes they lack support from the American army for their actions. It's lively and active and it's said that it's based on true real events. The vexed question it poses is that if the rescue of an art masterpiece is worth the loss of a human life since the rescuers incur in real life dangers.