The Great Arch

The Great Arch (French: L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche) is a French drama film, directed by Stéphane Demoustier and released in 2025. The film 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 as von Spreckelsen's wife Liv, Xavier Dolan as French bureaucrat Jean-Louis Subilon, Swann Arlaud as French architect Paul Andreu, and Michel Fau as François Mitterand.