# L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (2025)

**German title:** The Great Arch


**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 104 min

**IMDb:** [6.9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32398150/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.5](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-great-arch-2025/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 84%, Popcornmeter: no votes yet](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_great_arch)

## Description

The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.

## Details

**Premiere:** 05 Nov 2025

**Director:** Stéphane Demoustier

**Cast:** Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau, Micha Lescot, Jean des Forêts, Ilaria Cabras, Alessandro Bressanello, Cédric Appietto, Viilbjørk Malling Agger, François Raison

**Countries:** France, Denmark

**Languages:** French, English, Danish, Italian

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgD9USacto)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-05-31 (Sunday)

- **[Filmhaus Kino](/cinemas/271-filmhaus-kino.md) (Nippes):** [2026-05-31 15:00](https://booking.cinetixx.de/frontend/#/show/2434537641/3513138909)  (OmU)