The man who built America's most famous French export—before it was cool.
Fictionalized biography of the sculptor Bartholdi.
Production
Lavish period recreation of 19th-century workshop chaos
Costume
Belle Époque fashion that absolutely understood the assignment
Director
Jean Kemm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of only three sound films directed by Jean Kemm, who spent most of his career in silent cinema and never quite adapted to talkies.
Released as Europe teetered toward war, the film's celebration of Franco-American alliance played very differently in 1938 than it would have even five years later.
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