The pride of Napoleon's victories, the Arc de Triomphe, whose first stone was laid in 1806 at the top of the Champs-Élysées, is, along with the Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited monuments in the French capital. Wanted by an emperor, inaugurated under the reign of a king (Louis-Philippe) and sanctuarized by the Republic, this patriotic temple polarizes the passions of a whole nation. A historical portrait before "packaging", which teems with anecdotes and unsuspected details.
Cast
Benoît Allemane
Narrator (voice)
Michael S. Cullen
Self
Isabelle Rouge-Ducos
Self
Olivier Wieviorka
Self
Vladimir Yavachev
Self
Angélique Kidjo
Self
Philippe Chiambaretta
Self
Danielle Tartakowsky
Self
Marcel Desailly
Self
Laure Martin
Self
Jean-Yves Le Naour
Self
Marcel Kittel
Self
Christo
Self (archive footage)
Charles Godefroy
Self (archive footage)
René Coty
Self (archive footage)
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Self (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Self (archive footage)
Nicolas Sarkozy
Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel
Self (archive footage)
Emmanuel Macron
Self (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Melania Trump
Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Macron
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Barbara Schölnberger
Documentation & Support
Amélie Sourice
Documentation & Support
Laurent Ramamonjiarisoa
Director, Writer
Charlène de Vargas
Writer
Iris Rossiquet
Editor
Plume Le Bihan
Assistant Editor
Zoé Vericel
Assistant Editor
Alexandre Radosavlejic
Assistant Editor
Jean Ousmane
Color Grading
Arnaud Duault
Assistant Director, Camera Operator
Gabriel Chabanier
Producer
Guillaume Roy
Producer
Christophe Février
Producer
Hugo Tostain
Production Assistant
Élodie L'Hostis
Production Assistant
Christophe Trarieux
Camera Operator
Antoine Rivière
Camera Operator
Thomas Labourasse
Camera Operator
John Jackson
Camera Operator
Olivier Bodin
Sound Mixer
Jean-Christophe Lion
Sound
Harald Ballié
Sound
Lucas Rollin
Sound
Issam Krimi
Original Music Composer
Jean-Yves Le Naour
Scientific Consultant
Laurence Gillard
Production Director
Batiste Fulbert
Decorator
Jean-Stéphane Doignon
Drone Cinematographer
Arthur Blin
Drone Cinematographer
Didier Audebert
Art Direction
Morgane Plantard
Administration
Marc Casal
Graphic Designer
Sara Dubois
Graphic Designer
