ARCHITECTURE: La Maison de Verre

The Maison de Verre (French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1931 in an old courtyard in Paris, France for a doctor called Dalsace and his family by designer Pierre Chareau and Dutch architect Bernard Bijvoet. Some time in the 1960s its architectural value was somehow rediscovered by the architectural community.
I am actually not sure if these scenes of Le Trio Infernal (1974), dir. Francis Girod were actually filmed in the real Maison de Verre or if it is a set design inspired by said building. The glass bricks and the naked riveted steel columns are there all right but much else does not correspond to what is known about the house. If anyone knows more about the making of Le Trio Infernal in relation to the Maison de Verre, I would be glad for a comment.
Among the actors that can be seen in theis clip are Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli.
Edited to tunes of the Quintet in G Minor, op. 56, no 2 by Franz Danzi.

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[jbgarch]

Having just had a tour of the real Maison de Verre, I can tell you with absolute certainty that the set seen here is just that. Though the great room/sitting room does have some accurate resemblances to the real space at Verre.

[manupeSUI]

Thank you for this comment. It is a pretty elaborate set design, it seem to me. According to the plans I studied, the glass panes are not the inner part of a double façade, so the fall of the girl should have opened my eyes.

[ilovesushi58]

This is not La Maison de Verre

[Viwill]

And what movie is this?