This German crime drama was based on a true story. Willy Forst stars as a poverty-stricken Italian glazier who falls in love with French hotel maid Rosa Valletti. Struck by the girl's resemblance to Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Forst manages to steal the painting from the Louvre in hopes of impressing his sweetheart. But when the girl proves to be a fickle sort, the crestfallen hero confesses his crime and is carted off to jail. Unwilling to admit that he'd been led astray by a woman, Forst claims that he stole the Mona Lisa to restore it to his native Italy, and as a result is hailed as a national hero! Raub der Mona Lisa was distributed in the U.S. by RKO Radio, under the title The Theft of the Mona Lisa.
Cast
Trude von Molo
Mathilde
Willi Forst
Vincenzo Peruggia
Gustaf Gründgens
Unbekannter
Fritz Odemar
Direktor des Louvre
Max Gülstorff
Oberaufseher
Paul Kemp
Polizeileutnant
Hubert von Meyerinck
Museumsführer
Alexander Roda-Roda
Unknown
Anton Pointner
Reisender
Alexander Granach
Redner
Fritz Grünbaum
Angeblicher Bilderdieb
Fritz Alberti
Unknown
Fritz Greiner
Unknown
Paul Vincenti
Unknown
Paul Wagner
Unknown
Ernst Reicher
Unknown
Hugo Döblin
Unknown
Angelo Ferrari
Italienischer Polizeikommissar
Bruno Ziener
Unknown
Teddy Bill
Unknown
Elfriede Jera
Unknown
Alexandra Molino von Kluck
Unknown
Lilian Ellis
Unknown
Hermine Sterler
Unknown
Ferdinand von Alten
Unknown
Gerti Klemm
Sängerin
Max Linder
(archive footage)
Rosa Valetti
Unknown
