Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

10.0
1967
0h 29m
HD
Documentary

Making a documentary on Le Corbusier is not easy, because he is undoubtedly the architect most familiar to the general public but also the most unknown. If most people know his great achievements, such as the Cité radieuse of Marseille, the pavilions of the Cité universitaire de Paris or the Tourettes convent, many are unaware of his works in Moscow, Rio de Janeiro or Chandigarh. Roy Oppenheim pays a vibrant tribute to Corbusier, dismissing the criticisms and darker facets of the character. It presents the career of this pioneering architect, as well as his thinking, the essential principle of which was aimed at the development of human beings and the balance of society. Light, space and greenery are integrated into his large futuristic cities, because according to him the eyes of the inhabitants should be drawn into the distance and not into their neighbor's bathroom.

Top Cast

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris

Self (archive footage)

André Wogenscky

André Wogenscky

Self

Heidi Weber

Heidi Weber

Self

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