---
title: 'The Great Arch (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stéphane Demoustier'
released: '2025-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-arch-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32398150/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Arch (2025)

2025 · 105 min · Drama, History · France, Denmark

Original title: L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche

## Synopsis

The Great Arch is a 2025 French biographical drama film written and directed by Stéphane Demoustier, based on Laurence Cossé's 2016 novel La Grande Arche. It stars Claes Bang as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, the Danish architect who won the 1983 competition for the design of the Grande Arche in Paris despite being virtually unknown. The cast also includes Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud and Michel Fau.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Olivier Marguerit](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-marguerit)
- **Director:** [Stéphane Demoustier](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-demoustier)
- **Screenplay:** [Stéphane Demoustier](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-demoustier), [Laurence Cossé](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-cosse)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Chambille](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-chambille)
- **Editor:** [Damien Maestraggi](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-maestraggi)

## Cast

- [Olivier Marguerit](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-marguerit)
- [Jean des Forêts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-des-forets) as Alain Juppé
- [Alessandro Bressanello](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-bressanello)
- [Patrick Sobelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-sobelman)
- [Axelle Bossard](https://cinepixo.com/people/axelle-bossard)
- [Chen JiangHong](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-jianghong) as I. M. Pei
- [Cécile Ducrocq](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecile-ducrocq)
- [Xavier Dolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-dolan)
- [Swann Arlaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/swann-arlaud) as Paul Andreu
- [Michel Fau](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-fau) as François Mitterrand
- [Micha Lescot](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-lescot)
- [Cédric Appietto](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-appietto)
- [François Raison](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-raison)

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