Roundabout Art

May 19, 2020

0h 52m

★ 0.0

Overview

In Europe, road junctions have become public art galleries. A road trip across France, Switzerland, the Canary Islands, Greece and Germany exploring the glorious world of roundabout art.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion

ZDF

ARTE

Roundabout Art Trailers

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lukas Schmid

Self - Sculptor

Jean-Luc Plé

Self - Mayor of L'Éguille-sur-Seudre

Roger Guillaud

Self - Writer

Jean-Michel Espitallier

Self - Psychologist

Joachim Kohler

Self - Exhibition Curator

Friedericke Schmid

Self - Councilwoman of Amrisvil

Madelaine Rickenbach

Self - Mayor of Kestenholz

Arno Bürgi

Self - Sculptor

Hans Thomann

Self - César Manrique Foundation Member

Alfredo Díaz

Self - Sculptor

Costas Varotsos

Self - Sculptor (archive footage)

César Manrique

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