Eiffel's Race to the Top (2023)
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.
Directors: Mathieu Schwartz, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/preview-eiffels-race-to-the-top-2ium8m
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Marc Citti as Gustave Eiffel |
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François Rabette as Jules Bourdais |
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Léa Schwartz as Claire Eiffel |
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Régis Royer as Charles Garnier |
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Étienne Launay as Maurice Koechlin |
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Édouard Michelon as Émile Nouguier |
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Romans Suarez-Pazos as Édouard Lockroy |
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Cédric Zimmerlin as Amédée Sébillot |
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Luc-Emmanuel Betton as Gustave Ferrié |
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Bruno Ricci as Émile Trelat |
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Christophe Reymond as Jean-Louis Pascal |
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Laurent Lafuma as Joseph-Antoine Bouvard |
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Gabriel Arbessier as Bourdais' assistant |
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Thomas Ailhaud as |
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Daniel Dargau as |
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Nicolas de Lavergne as |
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Benoît Schwartz as |
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Maxime Terlin as |
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Chloé Réjon as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Mathieu Schwartz | Director |
| Directing | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel | Director |
| Production | Gaëlle Guyader | Producer |
| Production | Nathalie Chéron | Casting |
| Editing | Raphaël Bourdelon | Editor |
| Sound | Yannis Dumoutiers | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Pauline Kerleroux | Documentation & Support |
| Camera | Gabriele Buti | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Nicolas Saubost | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel | Writer |
| Directing | Juliane Aufort | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Claire Linas | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Guillaume Villette | Costume Mistress |
| Camera | Sylvain Viricel | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Bouvier | Costumer |
| Writing | Mathieu Schwartz | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Delphine Kellogg | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adélaïde Gosselin | Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lucie Muscie | Hairdresser |
| Camera | Mathieu Vandaele | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Agathe Drussant | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ugo Mahut | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Hugo Pagnier | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fanny Morin | Hair Department Head |
| Lighting | Marianne Lamour | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laetitia Ollivaud | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stéphanie Ollivaud | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonia Siliberti | Hairdresser |
| Lighting | Victor Andrysiak | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurélie Conti | Dresser |
