A poetic documentary tribute to the famous Eiffel tower, built for the 1889 World Fair and intended to have been destroyed 20 years later. A vocal subset of Parisians (among which, one may surmise, Clair would've been counted) insisted the Tower remain above the River Seine, a continued display of French engineering excellence. Clair makes strategic use of double exposures and dissolves, capturing the mechanical exuberance of the Tower; The great swooping steel latticework edifice a bounding symbol of the modern age.
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René Clair Director · Georges Périnal Cinematographer
United States release March 31, 1928 · Produced in France · Production Films Albatros
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Albatros
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Films Albatros
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
France · January 2, 1928
Theatrical
United States · March 31, 1928
Theatrical
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