Eiffel's Race to the Top (2023)
• November 6th, 2023 • 0h 0min
Documentary, History
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Rose Palace
Released on: 2004-04-15
Documentary
The story of Le Palace, the famous parisian night club in the late seventies. The documentary is a c...
Maria
Released on: 2024-11-27
History, Drama, Music
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as ...
Mon Clown
Released on: 2008-03-14
Documentary, TV Movie
Documentary from French TV channel Canal+ about Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her perform...
Postmodernism: The Substance of Style
Released on: 2011-09-24
Documentary
This film features some of the most important living Postmodern practitioners, Charles Jencks, Rober...
Frei Otto: Spanning the Future
Released on: 2016-03-30
Documentary
The life and works of Frei Otto told in his own words and by those he inspired. An in-depth look at ...
The Count of Monte Cristo
Released on: 2002-01-23
Adventure, Drama, History, Action, Thriller
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, F...
Wilde
Released on: 1997-09-01
Drama, History
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. Aft...
Man on Wire
Released on: 2008-08-01
Documentary
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rig...
Mad Hot Ballroom
Released on: 2005-05-13
Documentary, Family
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reve...
The Warlords
Released on: 2007-12-12
Action, Drama, History
The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is sav...
Snows of Grenoble
Released on: 1968-12-27
Documentary
Film about the 10th Olympic Games in Grenoble in 1968. Using a subjective camera, Ertaud and Languep...
Lenin in Paris
Released on: 1981-11-01
History
1911. Lenin organizes the first Bolshevik party school near Paris, in the small town of Longjumeau. ...
Le Mural
Released on: 2024-09-26
Documentary
A documentary short by Barbara Bingley-Verseman about the creation of a monumental outdoor mural by ...
Ludwig
Released on: 1973-03-07
Drama, History
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, ...
Zulu
Released on: 1964-01-22
Action, Drama, History, War
In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charg...
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Released on: 2003-01-18
Action, Drama, History
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
Glory
Released on: 1989-12-15
Drama, History, War
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of...
Soviet Submarine
Released on: 2021-08-13
Documentary, Comedy
On March 26th, 2020, seven boys locked themselves in a house for 48 hours, with only potatoes, bread...
Edith Piaf: A Passionate Life
Released on: 2004-01-01
Documentary, Music
This documentary about legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf begins at her birth (which was helped a...