# Man to Men

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{{short description|1948 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Man to Men
| image          = File:Man to Men.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [Christian-Jaque](/source/Christian-Jaque)
| producer       = Sacha Gordine
| writer         = Christian Jaque<br> [Charles Spaak](/source/Charles_Spaak)
| based_on       = 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [Jean-Louis Barrault](/source/Jean-Louis_Barrault) <br> [Bernard Blier](/source/Bernard_Blier) <br> [Hélène Perdrière](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Perdri%C3%A8re)
| music          = [Joseph Kosma](/source/Joseph_Kosma)
| cinematography = [Christian Matras](/source/Christian_Matras_(cinematographer))
| editing        = [Jacques Desagneaux](/source/Jacques_Desagneaux)
| studio         = [Réalisation d'art cinématographique](/source/R%C3%A9alisation_d'art_cin%C3%A9matographique) 
| 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](/source/historical_film) drama film directed by [Christian-Jaque](/source/Christian-Jaque) and starring [Jean-Louis Barrault](/source/Jean-Louis_Barrault), [Bernard Blier](/source/Bernard_Blier) and [Hélène Perdrière](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Perdri%C3%A8re).<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](/source/Billancourt_Studios) in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Robert Gys](/source/Robert_Gys).

==Plot==
The film depicts [Henri Dunant](/source/Henri_Dunant) and the founding of the [Red Cross](/source/Red_Cross) in the nineteenth century after he had witnessed the suffering of troops at the [Battle of Solferino](/source/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](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) in 1901.

==Cast==
*[Jean-Louis Barrault](/source/Jean-Louis_Barrault) as Henri Dunant
*[Bernard Blier](/source/Bernard_Blier) as Coquillet
*[Hélène Perdrière](/source/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Perdri%C3%A8re) as Elsa Kastner
*[Denis d'Inès](/source/Denis_d'In%C3%A8s) as [Guillaume-Henri Dufour](/source/Guillaume-Henri_Dufour)
*[Berthe Bovy](/source/Berthe_Bovy) as Dunant's mother
*[Maurice Escande](/source/Maurice_Escande) as Jérôme de Lormel
*[Jean Debucourt](/source/Jean_Debucourt) as [Napoleon III](/source/Napoleon_III)
*René Arrieu as Attia
* Serge Emrich as 	Jean Kastner
* [Geneviève Morel](/source/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Morel) as 	Amélie Coquillet
*[Carmen Boni](/source/Carmen_Boni) as Tamberlani
* [Abel Jacquin](/source/Abel_Jacquin) as Meynier
* [Louis Seigner](/source/Louis_Seigner) as Philibert Routorbe
* Georges Le Roy as Le président du tribunal

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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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

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