More than a decade after his breathtaking, single-take tour of the Hermitage in Russian Ark, Aleksandr Sokurov enters another renowned museum, the Louvre. This meditative essay shifts from the present—the filmmaker Skypes with the captain of a ship carrying treasured works of art—to dramatized scenes about the intersections of art and history. The history is traced from the establishment of the Louvre following the French Revolution to the 20th century, tracing the relationship between Louvre director Jacques Jaujard and Nazi Occupation officer, Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich, whose association transformed from enemies to collaborators with the shared goal of preserving the museum’s treasures during the war.