FRANCOFONIA, LE LOUVRE SOUS L'OCCUPATION
Alexandre SOKOUROV

O.V. French

In 1939, mere days before the outbreak of war, the Louvre took steps to safeguard its priceless treasures, spiriting them to safety before the German troops could take possession. Two men aligned in artistic sensibility were thus forced to square off: Count Franz Wolff-Metternich (Benjamin Utzerath), an aristocrat appointed by the Wehrmacht to oversee art protection in France; and Jacques Jaujard (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing), deputy head of the Louvre and a high-ranking government official....