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José Vela Castillo, Profesor de Teoría, Historia y Proyectos de Arquitectura de la IE School of Architecture and Design, IE University

Bauhaus and The Brutalist: the revolutionary immigrant architects whose stories inspired the film

Adrien Brody in a scene from The Brutalist. IMDB

László Toth, a Hungarian Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor, emigrates to the United States after World War II in search of a new life. After a rough start, a wealthy businessman recognises his talent and offers him a job that will change his life.

This is a very brief summary of Brady Corbet’s film The Brutalist, which stars Adrien Brody as Toth. While the protagonist of this almost four-hour film is fictional, his story is inspired by many real figures.

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