The Great Arch
The Great Arch
The Great Arch
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2025
1h 44m
7.3(62 votes)
Drama
History

Overview

France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.

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Production Companies

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
France 3 Cinéma
Le Pacte
Zentropa Entertainments

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

27 members
Acting

Claes Bang

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Claes Bang
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Sidse Babett Knudsen

Liv von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen
Directing

Xavier Dolan

Jean-Louis Subilon

Xavier Dolan
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Swann Arlaud

Paul Andreu

Swann Arlaud
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Michel Fau

François Mitterrand

Michel Fau
Production

Jean des Forêts

Alain Juppé

Jean des Forêts
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Micha Lescot

Leloup

Micha Lescot
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Alessandro Bressanello

Marble man

Alessandro Bressanello
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Ilaria Cabras

Marble man's daughter

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Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Architect student

Viilbjørk Malling Agger
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Cédric Appietto

Tavelli

Cédric Appietto
Sound

Olivier Marguerit

Dewasne

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Production

Patrick Sobelman

Saint-Germain

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Directing

Guillaume Foresti

Forestier

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Raphaël Jimenez

Alain Juppé's counselor

Raphaël Jimenez
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Pierre-François Grunewald

François Mitterrand's counselor

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François Raison

L'huissier Elysée

François Raison
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Axelle Bossard

Secrétaire Subilon

Axelle Bossard
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Jiang Hong Chen

Pei

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Writing

Cécile Ducrocq

Femme invitée

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Olivier Galliano

Ouvrier

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Benjamin Cléry

Gardien Elysée

Benjamin Cléry
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Jérôme Lanvin

Political advisor

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Jean-Yves Freyburger

Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)

Jean-Yves Freyburger
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Thomas Garcia

Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)

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Acting

Olivia Hahn Reichstein

Etudiante architecture (uncredited)

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Visual Effects

Stéphane Soubiran

Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)

Stéphane Soubiran

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