• Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



  • Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

    Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece



Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

by André Schäfer

Brooklyn Bridge: An Engineering Masterpiece

Germany | 2022 | 90:00 min

Original Title:
DIE ERBAUER DER BROOKLYN BRIDGE

Formal Categories

History Arts

Content Categories

Documentary
90min or 52min German, English version with German, English or French voice over available
Synopsis
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of New York's greatest landmarks, it is an engineering marvel of its time and an icon of US culture.

With rarely seen archive images from the construction period, spectacular re-shoots, illuminating original sounds and exclusively animated scenes, the documentary tells the story behind the bridge and makes the construction itself visible to the viewer. A fact unknown to many: Its creation is deeply intertwined with the history of the German engineer family Roebling – and the dramatic story of an immigration from Germany to the New World. It's not only a dazzling story of emigration but also of a woman who played an integral part in the completion of an American landmark. We capture the success story of the Roebling family, whose patriarch brought the idea of such a construction from the Old World to the New. It is thanks to him, that the bridge now spans the East River – a gigantic challenge and an enormous engineering feat.
Cast and Crew
  • Director André Schäfer
Original Languages

English

German

World Sales Company
Autentic GmbH
Gruenwalder Weg 28d, 82041 Oberhaching

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Production Company
FLORIANFILM GMBH
Unter Krähenbäumen 4, 50670 Köln

Phone: +49 221 2005280

Fax: +49 221 2005282

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http://www.florianfilm.de
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