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<br> Charles Spaak | based_on = | narrator = | starring = Jean-Louis Barrault <br> Bernard Blier <br> 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 <br> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://en.unifrance.org/movie/2134/man-to-men|title= Man to Men|accessdate=2013-07-16|website=Unifrance.org}}</ref> 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

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0125054}}

Category:1948 films Category:1940s historical drama films Category:1948 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:Henry Dunant Category:Films set in Switzerland Category:Films shot in Switzerland Category:French black-and-white films Category:Swiss black-and-white films Category:1948 drama films Category:Films scored by Joseph Kosma Category:French-language Swiss films Category:1948 French films Category:Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak Category:1940s Swiss films