The Rape of Europa Critic Reviews
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A surprisingly vast and involving topic.Read the full review
This mesmerizing morality play, rich in rare archival footage and complete with heroic Allied saviors, merits a full-fledged arthouse run before reaching larger PBS and cable auds.Read the full review
Fascinating facts and testimony.Read the full review
A startling documentary.Read the full review
With impressive clarity and sweep, The Rape of Europa recounts the Nazi theft and destruction of European art and architecture.Read the full review
Here the result is often disjointed and frustrating. That 2,000 people lived in the cellars of the Hermitage during the siege of Leningrad is certainly remarkable but not altogether germane to the fate of art during the war.Read the full review
Unfortunately, most of the two-hour documentary is devoted to annotating what the Nazis stole for both their state and personal collections. The movie doesn't dramatize this crime -- it catalogs it. With deadening monotony.Read the full review
