Chopard jewelry intended for stars attending the film festival went missing on Thursday.
CANNES, France — More than $1 million worth of jewels due to be lent to movie stars at the Cannes Film Festival were stolen from a hotel room in the French Riviera town, a police source said.
The jewels were in the safe of the room rented by an employee of Chopard, a luxury jeweler, the source said on condition of anonymity.
The incident at the hotel in central Cannes took place Thursday night/Friday morning as the festival got under way, drawing thousands of movie stars, film industry executives and journalists to the fabled resort.
