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The Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. And at £2.5 billion it’s also the most famous. Heists s1e5: Mona Lisa, Channel 5 2017
Just over a hundred years ago the Mona Lisa was snatched from the world’s most famous museum. The crime sent shock waves around the world and baffled the world’s greatest living detective. ibid.
The greatest art heist ever: August 22nd 1911. ibid.
In December 1913 a man arrived with a trunk in Florence after a sixteen-hour train journey from Paris. He checked into a run-down hotel, and the next day he was visited by two of Italy’s greatest experts in art. The man had something to give them: the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. The Mona Lisa had been taken from the Louvre two years earlier in one of the coolest and most brazen art robberies ever. Art of the Heist s2e3: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa, 2007
It had simply just vanished ... A humble Italian carpenter had outwitted the whole of the French art establishment ... It was more than twenty-four hours before anyone even realised the Mona Lisa was missing. ibid.
Luck and police incompetence favoured [Vincenzo] Peruggia. ibid.
Two names came up, names familiar in the world of art and letters. One was a poet. The other a young Spanish artist who was already showing promise: Pablo Picasso. ibid.
Peruggia treated the Mona Lisa with respect. ibid.
He told the court his motive for the theft was national pride. ibid.
For a long time he had slept with the Mona Lisa by his bed. ibid.
Its fascination has always been her expression: the Mona Lisa smile. ibid.
The Louvre was shut indefinitely. But still had to face the public outcry. ibid.
The authorities clung to the faint hope that the theft was a publicity stunt. There were plenty of other theories. ibid.
A thumbprint from the thief. Finger-printing was a relatively new science. ibid.
A mastermind breaks into the most heavily fortified vault in France. Tunnelling under the busy city streets he advances at a rate of six inches a day, and scores twelve million in cash and jewels. Masterminds s1e13: Riviera Job, History 2003
Without Arms, Without Hate and Without Violence. ibid. message on walls of vault
Spaggiari now assembles his elite team made up of former paratroopers, members of the Marseilles Mob and tunnelling experts. ibid.
He not only confesses to the crime he brags about his brilliance. ibid.
Spaggiari disappears without a trace. ibid.
After thirteen years on the run Spaggiari surfaces one last time ... Suffering from cancer the mastermind of France’s greatest vault heist dies. ibid.
A mastermind breaks into the most heavily fortified vault in France. Tunnelling under the busy city streets he advances at a rate of six inches a day, and scores twelve million in cash and jewels. Masterminds s1e15: Safe Landing, History 2003
Without Arms, Without Hate and Without Violence. ibid. message on walls of vault
Spaggiari now assembles his elite team made up of former paratroopers, members of the Marseilles Mob and tunnelling experts. ibid.
He not only confesses to the crime he brags about his brilliance. ibid.
Spaggiari disappears without a trace. ibid.
After thirteen years on the run Spaggiari surfaces one last time ... Suffering from cancer the mastermind of France’s greatest vault heist dies. ibid.
Manouche: Gu’s escaped.
Alban: We’ve got to find him and hide him. Le Deuxieme Souffle 1966 starring Lino Ventura & Paul Meurisse & Raymond Pellegrin & Christine Fabrega & Marcel Bozzuffi & Denis Manuel & Michel Constantin & Pierre Zimmer & Pierre Grasset & Paul Frankeur et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville
He [Jacques] got a bellyful of slugs. ibid. rozzer
I have inside information … Two motorcycle cops escorting a van with 1,100 pounds of platinum. A five-way split, 200 million each, including my inside source. ibid. Paul
We’ve been crooks since we were kids. ibid. Manouche to Gu
We need just one tiny lead and we’ll work it to the very end. ibid. rozzer
A small town in south-west France. It’s five in the morning … 300 Gendarmes are on a war footing in what is the largest ever operation against the Georgian Mafia … This is operation code-name Caucuses 31 – the purpose is to break up and arrest the gang of Georgian gangsters responsible for burglaries and robberies in the region. The French Connection: Inside the New Mafias, Youtube 2017
[Mappin &] Webb? You’re nuts. Why not the Bank of France? Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes 1955 starring Jean Servais & Carl Mohner & Jules Dassin & Marcel Lupovici & Robert Hossein & Pierre Grasset & Marie Sabouret & Dominique Maurin et al, director Jules Dassin, Tony to Jo & Mario
The job interests me after all. ibid. Tony to Jo
Get caught with a rod and it’s the slammer for life. ibid. Tony to Jo & Mario
The rocks in the window are chicken feed. We gotta go for the real thing. The jackpot. The safe! ibid.
Dramatic news of the man responsible for the world’s biggest bank robbery in Nice last year when thieves got away with a sum believed by police to be as much as $25 million. Apparently, while the criminal was being questioned in a Nice courtroom building this morning, he jumped from a second floor window and escaped. Sewers of Gold aka The Great Riviera Bank Robbery aka Dirty Money 1979 starring Ian McShane & Warren Clarke & Stephen Greif & Christopher Malcolm & Nigel Humphreys & Eric Mason & Matthew Long & Alain Guano & Barry Lowe & Jonathan Elsom & Arnold Diamond et al, director Francis Megahy
In time the Left will destroy itself by internal dissent. ibid. fascist council
Do you think the Reds are satisfied with just what they got, just what they’ve got and where they are? They’re threatening to overrun us now. I am one of the people that is going to stamp out that threat. We’ll smash them once and for all. ibid.
Hello, Tess. Where is he, Tess? Where is Mr Diaz? I want it back, Tess. I want it all back. I want my money back. Ocean’s 12 2004 starring George Clooney & Brad Pitt & Catherine Zeta-Jones & Matt Damon & Andy Garcia & Bernie Mac & Elliott Gould & Casey Affleck & Scott Caan & Eddie Jemison & Don Cheadle & Julia Roberts & Shaobo Qin & Robbie Coltrane & Bruce Willis & Elliott Gould & Eddie Izzard & Albert Finney et al, director Steven Soderbergh
He didn’t find us on his own. Somebody helped him. ibid. Rusty Ryan
I’ve known you five years: you are the only man for this job. Classic. Easy. No risk. If done right. Le Cercle Rouge 1970 starring Alain Delon & Andre Bourvil & Gian Maria Volonte & Yves Montand & Paul Crauchet & Paul Amiot & Pierre Collet & Andre Ekyan & Jean-Pierre Posier & Francois Perier et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville, screw to Corey
Only one fence can handle this kind of merchandise. He has to agree first. ibid. Corey
Sensational Place Vendme Heist: Daring burglars make off with 20 million in jewels. ibid. newspaper headline