Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower that went far beyond a design competition, and marked a major turning point in engineering history. It was the beginning of radical transformation where iron was pitted against stone, engineering against architecture, and modern design against ancients. Press campaigns, lobbying, public conferences, denigration of opposing projects, bragging about big names - all participants engaged in a fierce battle without concession. Using 3D recreations, official sources (reports, letters, drawings...) and intimate archives obtained from their descendants, this film will bring to life this vertical race through a fresh and visual way to mark the centenary of Eiffel death.
This short documents the important role played by bread in the daily life of the city of Paris.
The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teac...
Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de M...
He is the talk of the town, the most romantic figure of decadent Parisian nights. When his lungs sta...
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband...
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Th...
A biography documentary of the Argentine modernist architect Amancio Williams.
The National Library of France is the guardian of priceless treasures that tell our history, our ill...
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have prog...
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In 2024, the iconic Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht will celebrate its 100th anniversary. Gerrit ...
The life of Franz Kafka in a series of independent chapters: from his birth in 19th-century Prague t...
In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauha...
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha...
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts h...
The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue...
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings,...
An adaptation of the story with the same name by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.
When asked to make a documentary about her friend’s mother—a Parisian astrologer named Juliane—the f...