Man to Men
{{short description|1948 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Man to Men
| image = File:Man to Men.jpg
| caption =
| director = Christian-Jaque
| producer = Sacha Gordine
| writer = Christian Jaque
Charles Spaak
| based_on =
| narrator =
| starring = Jean-Louis Barrault
Bernard Blier
Hélène Perdrière
| music = Joseph Kosma
| cinematography = Christian Matras
| editing = Jacques Desagneaux
| studio = Réalisation d'art cinématographique
| distributor = Réalisation d'art cinématographique
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1948|10|01}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = France
Switzerland
| language = French
| budget =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/186916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210044703/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/186916|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 February 2009|title=D'HOMME A HOMMES (1948)|website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|accessdate=9 June 2018}}{{Cite web|url= http://en.unifrance.org/movie/2134/man-to-men|title= Man to Men|accessdate=2013-07-16|website=Unifrance.org}} 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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0125054}}
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Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:1940s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Christian-Jaque
Category:French historical drama films
Category:Swiss historical drama films
Category:Films about Nobel laureates
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:Films set in Switzerland
Category:Films shot in Switzerland
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Swiss black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Joseph Kosma
Category:French-language Swiss films
Category:Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak
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