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- A Thriller Documentary Series 6 x 90 min / 6 x 52 min. ART CRIMES - The most incredible art robberies told by their protagonists. How did two Van Gogh disappear in Amsterdam to resurface in Naples fourteen years later in the kitchen of a Camorra dealer? Seven masterpieces of Italian Renaissance were taken in Budapest in the middle of the cold war. How did they end up in the garden of a Greek Monastery? What happened to the famous Nativity with Saint Francis by Caravaggio in the hands of mafia boss Badalamenti? Art Crimes will take us inside the most unbelievable and intriguing international art robberies of the century. From Amsterdam to Athens, from Rome to Miami, Naples to Bucharest, each documentary thriller will bring us behind the story of one famous art theft with exclusive access to the criminals behind each robbery and the detectives that caught them or tried to. Through highly cinematic multi-camera interviews, surveillance camera footage, trial records as well as the exclusive access to protagonists and incredibly realistic reconstructions each film brings each investigation back to life on the hunt of the world's most famous masterpieces. From dodgy art dealers in Amsterdam to undercover Scotland Yard investigators, from small town thieves to the most well planned actions, discover six unbelievable stories with plot twists and the unexpected scenarios of a Hollywood film.
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2002. SOLVED in 2016 Naples 2007. An International Narco-traffic investigation brings procurator Vincenza Marra on the of two Van Gogh paintings stolen in 2002 and never found. While in Amsterdam thieves Octave Durham and Henk Bijslein recall their incredible theft, the investigation by Dutch and Italian police will take them closer to the paintings.
- The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway 1994. SOLVED in 1995 While everyone in watching the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, thieves break in Oslo National Gallery to take the iconic "The Scream" by Edward Munch. Everyone suspects one person: ex-football player Paal Enger. An intriguing undercover operation by Scotland Yard and the Norwegian Police will frame the thief and his accomplices with the aid of an eccentric gallerist.
- Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Hungary 1983. Solved in 1984. In the middle of the cold war, seven masterpieces by Italien renaissance masters, including world famous Holy Mary of Esterhazy disappear from the Budapest Museum. One year later, the paintings reappear inside a Greek monastery. Yet all traces lead to an Italian group of criminals. Finally out of prison, Giordano Incerti takes us back to what really happened in 1984.
- Saint Lawrence Church, Palermo, Italy 1969. UNSOLVED Two small-town thieves steal the last painting by Caravaggio Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence in Sicily in 1969. Since then, all traces of the masterpiece disappear, amidst rumors that the painting has been burnt by the Mafia. In 2016 anti-mafia procurator Marzia Sabella finally finds traces of the masterpiece, thanks to the collaboration of two Mafia bosses.
- Friedenstein Castle, Gotha, Germany 1979. SOLVED in 2019. Gotha, East Germany, 1979. Five Dutch masterpieces disappear from the Friedenstein Castle. Police and Stasi investigations lead nowhere, the master pieces are lost. In 2019 a mysterious lawyer offers the paintings to the Mayor of Gotha. Inspector Rene Allonge opens an investigation that takes him 40 years in the past and allows him to finally solve the case.
- Musee Chéret, Nice, France 2007. SOLVED in 2009 A French criminal in Miami stumbles upon the opportunity of his lifetime: a group of Narcos is looking for European works of art. Soon after, two Brueghel, a Monet and a Sisley disappear from the Nice Fine Arts Museum in a spectacular hit. To Patrice Lhomme and his gang it seemed the perfect crime: in and out in 5 minutes with rich clients waiting to buy them. But they missed something important.