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About
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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Writer
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Music
Studio
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte, Zentropa Entertainments
Original Title
L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche
Original Language
French
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Cast
Full credits →C
Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
X
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
S
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
S
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
M
Michel Fau
François Mitterrand
J
Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé
M
Micha Lescot
Leloup
A
Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
V
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student
C
Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
O
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
P
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
G
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier
R
Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
F
François Raison
L'huissier Elysée
A
Axelle Bossard
Secrétaire Subilon
C
Cécile Ducrocq
Femme invitée
B
Benjamin Cléry
Gardien Elysée
J
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
S
Stéphane Soubiran
Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)
