Man to Men
1948 film
- 1 October 1948 (1948-10-01)
Running time
Switzerland
Man to Men (French: D'homme à hommes) is a 1948 French-Swiss historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Jean-Louis Barrault, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière.[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys.
Plot
The film depicts Henri Dunant and the founding of the Red Cross in the nineteenth century after he had witnessed the suffering of troops at the Battle of Solferino. He wins the support of the wealthy Elsa Kastner, but faces ruin and disgrace at the hands of his creditors. Decades later, after years of obscurity, he is awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Cast
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Henri Dunant
- Bernard Blier as Coquillet
- Hélène Perdrière as Elsa Kastner
- Denis d'Inès as Guillaume-Henri Dufour
- Berthe Bovy as Dunant's mother
- Maurice Escande as Jérôme de Lormel
- Jean Debucourt as Napoleon III
- René Arrieu as Attia
- Serge Emrich as Jean Kastner
- Geneviève Morel as Amélie Coquillet
- Carmen Boni as Tamberlani
- Abel Jacquin as Meynier
- Louis Seigner as Philibert Routorbe
- Georges Le Roy as Le président du tribunal
References
External links
- Man to Men at IMDb
- Man to Men at AllMovie
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Films directed by Christian-Jaque
- The Pont-Biquet Family (1935)
- Monsieur Personne (1936)
- A Legionnaire (1936)
- Rigolboche (1936)
- School for Journalists (1936)
- Josette (1937)
- Francis the First (1937)
- The House Opposite (1937)
- In Venice, One Night (1937)
- Boys' School (1938)
- Rail Pirates (1938)
- Ernest the Rebel (1938)
- Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)
- First Ball (1941)
- Carmen (1942)
- La Symphonie fantastique (1942)
- Voyage Without Hope (1943)
- The Bellman (1945)
- Boule de Suif (1945)
- A Lover's Return (1946)
- The Charterhouse of Parma 1948)
- Man to Men (1948)
- Singoalla (1949)
- Lost Souvenirs (1950)
- Bluebeard (1951)
- Adorable Creatures (1952)
- Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
- Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
- Daughters of Destiny (1954)
- Madame du Barry (1954)
- Nana (1955)
- If All the Guys in the World (1956)
- Nathalie (1957)
- The Law Is the Law (1958)
- Babette Goes to War (1959)
- Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
- The Black Tulip (1964)
- Champagne for Savages (1964)
- Man from Cocody (1965)
- The Dirty Game (1965)
- The Other Truth (1966)
- Le Saint prend l'affût (1966)
- Dead Run (1967)
- Emma Hamilton (1968)
- The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)
- Parisian Life (1977)
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