Maillart's Bridges

4,8
  • Director:Heinz Emigholz
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  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2.9.2001
  • Running time: 24 min
  • Country: DE (Germany)
Famed Swiss architect and artist Robert Maillart was renowned for his concrete bridges; this documentary examines the elegant design of his engineering masterpieces, which, the film argues, embrace both functionality and aesthetics. Instead of following a traditional journalistic structure, director Heinz Emigholz's spellbinding film reads more like ethereal visual poetry, allowing the beauty of Maillart's work to speak for itself.