Lady Liberty: Secrets of an Icon (2026)

9.0/10 • 89 min • Documentary History Drama

Overview

This iconic statue was a gift from France to the new-born American Republic and was the first crowd-funded monument of all time. A symbol of emancipation and freedom, which took two decades to be completed. The film features original 3D virtual reconstitutions of Auguste Bartholdi’s Atelier in Paris and travels back in time to bring viewers at the heart of the Statue’s original construction, revealing the founding ideals of our democracies.

Cast

Léonie Simaga

Self - Narrator (voice)

Yann Lesvenan

Auguste Bartholdi

Laurent Mothe

Édouard Laboulaye

Régis Romele

Président Ulysses S. Grant

Nicolas de Lavergne

Colonel Forney

Julien Massetti

Secrétaire Joseph Pulitzer

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