“Les Héros du Louvre”, une histoire vraie bouleversante pour un film en demi-teinte

In brief

A new film titled Les Héros du Louvre depicts the true story of Babi Maklouf Benhamou, a Jewish Algerian night watchman at the Louvre Museum.

In May 1940, as the German army approached Paris, the Director of National Museums organized the evacuation of museum collections. Benhamou was tasked with transporting a portion of these artworks out of the city to protect them from the advancing forces.