The Detour

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In 1938, Ernst Vogler, a 26-year-old tasked by the Third Reich's Sonderprojekte, embarks on a mission to retrieve the renowned Classical Roman marble statue, The Discus Thrower, in Rome. What begins as a straightforward three-day assignment quickly unfolds into a complex journey filled with moral dilemmas and the weight of historical significance, as Vogler navigates the dangerous waters of art theft and the looming shadow of the Gestapo.