https://www.monalisamissing.com/product-page/mona-lisa-is-missing-mona-lisa-theft-documentary-dvd 2026-10-19 https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_efcfbc8288034f278ffa6dff5c4bfa56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1580,h_2218,q_90/file.jpg Mona Lisa Is Missing DVD cover, the Mona Lisa theft documentary https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_80e93857296d4cbbb10805539c886bba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_2200,h_1238,q_90/file.png Vincenzo Peruggia, the man who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911 https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_99d707eaf97943e2924c5cb37351e256~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_2667,h_1500,q_90/file.jpg Director Joe Medeiros with a replica of the trunk where Peruggia hid the Mona Lisa https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_7eeaa8554fb24b018188f3a7cf4315c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1920,h_1080,q_90/file.jpg Silvio Peruggia holding a photo of his grandfather Vincenzo Peruggia https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_2400c958400b425385cd302a087fefb6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_450,q_90/file.jpg Celestina Peruggia, daughter of the Mona Lisa thief, with a framed Mona Lisa https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_b30f923033ba43e7855bcf4115de45c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1200,h_841,q_90/file.jpg Then and now: Vincenzo Peruggia’s Paris room on rue de l’Hôpital-Saint-Louis, in a 1913 police photo and as it looks today https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2ff8bf_a1638ba8305e4cd68d31ec495f0615bdf002.jpg/v1/fit/w_50,h_50,q_90/file.jpg Mona Lisa Is Missing: The Mona Lisa Theft Documentary (DVD) ★ Free shipping within the USOn August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa vanished from the Louvre.For more than two years, no one knew where she was. Then an Italian housepainter named Vincenzo Peruggia walked into an art dealer’s office in Florence and tried to sell her. He said he did it for Italy. His daughter Celestina believed him for the rest of her life.Was it true?Writer/director Joe Medeiros spent more than 30 years trying to find out. With Celestina’s children, Silvio and Graziella, a team of researchers and some of the world’s leading art experts, he followed the trail from the Louvre to Peruggia’s hiding place in Paris, to the Florence hotel room where he was arrested, and into long-buried French and Italian archives.And ultimately… to the truth.MONA LISA IS MISSING is the award-winning, internationally screened documentary about the greatest art theft you’ve never heard of.This DVD has the full 86-minute feature, 30 minutes longer than the version airing on PBS, plus 12 bonus featurettes, 8 deleted scenes, an alternate ending and director’s commentary. ✔ Free shipping within the US ✔ Widescreen, Stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound ✔ English, French & Italian subtitlesLimited quantities, available only through this website. For in-home viewing only; not licensed for public exhibition or classroom use.BONUS FEATURES<ul> <li>More About Mona: Why is she called “Mona Lisa,” and how did a movie convince Peruggia the French had stolen her?</li> <li>Why August 21? Did Peruggia pick the day at random, or was it planned?</li> <li>Peruggia’s Plan: The four people he hoped would take the Mona Lisa off his hands.</li> <li>Family Facts & Fables: What the Peruggias knew about their ancestor, and how a 1960s Italian TV miniseries upended his widow’s life.</li> <li>Mission: Accomplice: Why Peruggia accused his best friend, and whether the police bought it.</li> <li>The Ballinari Version: A local Italian historian says Peruggia didn’t do it. So who did?</li> <li>Debunking Decker & Valfierno: The famous 1932 “mastermind” story, and why it doesn’t hold up.</li> <li>The German Conspiracy: Did Peruggia claim in 1915 that a German put him up to it?</li> <li>How Peruggia Changed Art: He made the painting famous, and the empty wall where she hung.</li> <li>Return to Dumenza: Five years later, we go back to show the film in Peruggia’s hometown.</li> <li>The Swiss Mona Lisa: A sketch said to be drawn from the real painting while the thief had it. We investigate with Silvio Peruggia.</li> <li>Why Do People Steal Art? Art crime experts on the methods and minds of today’s thieves.</li></ul>8 DELETED SCENES<ul> <li>The Fake Theft: A year before the real theft, newspapers reported the Mona Lisa had been stolen and replaced with a copy.</li> <li>A First-Hand Account: A Kentucky woman’s eyewitness description of the Mona Lisa on display in Florence.</li> <li>Mentally Deficient? The psychiatrist’s verdict on Peruggia, and why not everyone agrees.</li> <li>The School of Practical Magnetism: Did Peruggia’s best friend use his “powers” on him?</li> <li>Our Night in the Hotel Gioconda: We slept in the room where Peruggia was arrested with the Mona Lisa.</li> <li>Was It in the Stars? Psychics sent clues in 1911. We had an astrologer chart Peruggia.</li> <li>Alternate Ending</li> <li>DVD Credits & Outtakes</li></ul>AUDIO COMMENTARY with writer/director Joe Medeiros and producer Justine Medeiros. https://video.wixstatic.com/video/2ff8bf_a1638ba8305e4cd68d31ec495f0615bd/480p/mp4/file.mp4