Défi des bâtisseurs
( Cathédrale de Strasbourg )

Marc Jampolsky
2012 - 88 min - 3 D - Couleur - France, Allemagne

DOCU-FICTION
A Gothic masterpiece, the Strasbourg cathedral attests to the bold ambitions of its creators. With its 142-metre spire, it remained the world’s tallest building until the nineteenth century. Who were the cathedral’s builders? Filmed entirely in 3D, the film features re-enactments, period documents, computer-generated images and conversations with historians and specialists. It reveals the construction secrets behind this architectural feat, the lives of its master craftsmen, social organization on the worksite, awareness of the project across Europe, and the political and religious context in which it was built.

Architecture | Histoire de l'Art | Strasbourg


Author-Director : Marc Jampolsky
Photography : Raul Fernandez
Sound : Pascal Lustig, Jérémie Vernerey
Original Music : Bruno Courtin
Delegate Producer : Seppia Film
Co-producer : Indi Film
Co-producer : CFRT (Comité Français de Radio Télévision)
Broadcasting Co-producer : ZDF (Mainz)
Broadcasting Co-producer : ARTE GEIE
Contribution : Orange, MFG Filmförderung Baden Württemberg, Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg (CUS), Fondation de l'œuvre Notre-Dame, Région Alsace, Angoa-Agicoa, Procirep, DRAC Alsace, France Télévisions, France 3 Alsace, CNC

Distribution


Distributor : Seppia Film
Distributor : ARTE France Distribution
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Arte Éditions
VOD : Arte VOD

Distinctions

2014 - FIFA (Festival international du film sur l'art), Montréal (Canada) : Sélection Horizons