Eiffel's Race to the Top
2023 · Movie · 54 min · ★ 7.3
Find out about the race to build Paris’ most famous landmark when two men vied to be the first to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. See how one man’s vision transformed the Paris skyline, making the Eiffel Tower a global icon. Dramatic recreations, official renderings and personal correspondence tell the story.
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Details
- Original title
- Eiffel, la guerre des tours
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-11-06
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 54 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- paris, france
- competition
- architect
- universal exhibition
- engineering
- architecture
- tower
- mechanical engineering
- eiffel tower, paris
- skills challenge
- 19th century
- world's fair
Cast & crew
Marc Citti
as Gustave Eiffel
François Rabette
as Jules Bourdais
Léa Schwartz
as Claire Eiffel
Régis Royer
as Charles Garnier
Étienne Launay
as Maurice Koechlin
Édouard Michelon
as Émile Nouguier
Romans Suarez-Pazos
as Édouard Lockroy
Cédric Zimmerlin
as Amédée Sébillot
- LB
Luc-Emmanuel Betton
as Gustave Ferrié
Bruno Ricci
as Émile Trelat
Directed by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel, Mathieu Schwartz