The Monuments Men is based on the book The Monuments Men : Allied Heroes , Nazi Thieves , and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History .
Loosely based on the non-fiction book The Monuments Men : Allied Heroes , Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History , by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter , the film follows an Allied group from the Monuments , Fine Arts , and Archives program , tasked with finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before their destruction or theft by the Nazis during World War II.The film , co-produced by Columbia Pictures ( in association with 20th Century Fox ) and Babelsberg Studio , was released on February 7 , 2014 .
The Monuments Men