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This captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.
Original Release
09/04/2020
US Release
09/14/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alvar Aalto | Himself (Archive footage) / Self - Architect |
Aino Aalto | Herself (Archive footage) / Self - Architect |
Elissa Aalto | Herself (Archive footage) / Self |
David N. Fixler | Self - Architect / Lecturer - Harvard University |
Juhani Pallasmaa | Self - Architect / Professor of Architecture |
Nina Stritzler-Levine | Self - Director - Bard Graduate Center Gallery |
Antonello Alici | Self - Architect / Architectural Historian |
Harry Charrington | Self - Professor of Architecture - University of Westminster |
Peter Reed | Self - Senior Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs - MOMA |
Harmon Goldstone | Self - Architect |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alvar Aalto | Himself (Archive footage) / Self - Architect |
Aino Aalto | Herself (Archive footage) / Self - Architect |
Elissa Aalto | Herself (Archive footage) / Self |
David N. Fixler | Self - Architect / Lecturer - Harvard University |
Juhani Pallasmaa | Self - Architect / Professor of Architecture |
Nina Stritzler-Levine | Self - Director - Bard Graduate Center Gallery |
Antonello Alici | Self - Architect / Architectural Historian |
Harry Charrington | Self - Professor of Architecture - University of Westminster |
Peter Reed | Self - Senior Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs - MOMA |
Harmon Goldstone | Self - Architect |
Gail Fenske | Self - Professor of Architecture - Roger Williams University |
Renja Suominen-Kokkonen | Self - Adjunct Professor - Universities of Helsinki and Turku |
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen | Self - Professor of Architecture - Yale University |
Mark Lee | Self - Architect / Professor of Architecture - Harvard University |
Severi Parko | Self - Professor |
Esa Laaksonen | Self - Architect |
Johanna Alanen | Self - Daughter of Aino and Alvar Aalto |
Heikki Alanen | Self - Grandchild of Aino and Alvar Aalto |
Henrik Aalto | Self - Grandchild of Aino and Alvar Aalto |
Kristian Gullichsen | Self - Architect |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Martti Suosalo | Executive Producer |
Virpi Suutari | Executive Producer |
Jessica Hennessey | Producer |
Philipp Komarov | Producer |
Erkko Lyytinen | Producer |
Jessie Torrance | Producer |
Timo Vierimaa | Producer |