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drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring

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, Bernard Blier and Hélène Perdrière. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the

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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

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in 1901.

Cast

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

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*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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* 1948 films 1940s historical drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Christian-Jaque French historical drama films Swiss historical drama films Films about Nobel laureates Films set in the 19th century Henry Dunant Films set in Switzerland Films shot in Switzerland French black-and-white films Swiss black-and-white films 1948 drama films Films scored by Joseph Kosma French-language Swiss films 1940s French films Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak {{1940s-France-film-stub