The Maginot Line: thousands of subway bunkers and concrete defenses lining the French border from Belgium to the Mediterranean Sea, a monumental engineering feat that was celebrated as a technical masterpiece when it was created. When the impregnable wall was demolished by the unbeatable Nazi war machine in 1940, the conquered fortress became the shattered symbol of French defeat.
Cinematography
Creepy beautiful shots of abandoned underground cities.
Production
Access to restricted bunkers most people will never see.
Director
Grit Lederer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Some bunkers had underground railways, hospitals, and even a movie theater—basically a concrete cruise ship that never moved.
The Line's name became slang for any expensive, inflexible defense strategy—rare military failure that entered everyday language.
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