
01/01/1986
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.

Mies van der Rohe
as Archive Footage

Robert A.M. Stern
as Self

Philip Johnson
as Self

Franz Schulze
as Narrator

Peter Blake
as Self

George Danforth
as Self

Arthur Drexler
as Self

Peter Eisenman
as Self

James Ingo Freed
as Self

Myron Goldsmith
as Self

Bruce Graham
as Self

John Hejduk
as Self

Phyllis Lambert
as Self

Dirk Lohan
as Self

Fritz Neumeyer
as Self

Richard Pommer
as Self

Julius Posener
as Self
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