The Great Arch
Directed by Stéphane DemoustierFrance, 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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The Great Arch was released on November 5, 2025.
The Great Arch was directed by Stéphane Demoustier.
The Great Arch has a runtime of 1h 44m.
The Great Arch was produced by Muriel Meynard.
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.
The key characters in The Great Arch are Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (Claes Bang), Jean-Louis Subilon (Xavier Dolan), Paul Andreu (Swann Arlaud).
The Great Arch is a Drama, Biography, History film.