Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2007)

Henry Dunant, son of a Geneva francophone upper class bourgeoisie family, works for a Swiss exploitation company in French Algeria; when the colonists are thirsty, he returns determined to convince th...e firm and emperor Napoleon III to build a dam for them. After his Uncle, Dr. Hubert Dunant, diagnoses him not with Algerian typhus, just malaria, also his first meeting -dropping drawers in hospital for a shot- with nurse Cécile Thuillier, and meeting his careerist brother Daniel's fiancée, Léonie Bourg-Thibourg, daughter of the firm's boss, the board approves his plan. On his way to the emperor, who didn't even concede to receive him, Henry gets stuck in Castiglione, part of the Austrian province Lombardy which French troops came to 'liberate'; his Geneva friend Dr. Louis Appia saves his life by presenting him to suspicious Austrian troops as his medical assistant... more

Directing:
  • Dominique Othenin-Girard

Writing:
  • Claude-Michel Rome
  • Claire Level

Stars:
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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  • Country: CH, FR, DZ, AT
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 99

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Noémie Kocher
Léonie Bourg-Thibourg
Thomas Jouannet
Thomas Jouann...
Henry Dunant
Émilie Dequenne
Émilie Dequen...
Cécile Thuillier
Michel Galabru
Michel Galabr...
Hubert Dunant
Jean-François Balmer
Jean-François...
Adolphe Thuillier
Vincent Winterhalter
Vincent Winte...
Louis Appia
Samuel Labarthe
Samuel Labart...
Daniel Dunant
Vania Vilers
Vania Vilers
Pierre Bourg-Thibourg
Henri Garcin
Henri Garcin
Général Dufour
Fritz Karl
Fritz Karl
Colonel Delaroche
Fritz von Friedl
Fritz von Fri...
von Eckert
Tom Novembre
Tom Novembre
Napoleon III
Anne Comte
Anne Comte
Sophie Dunant
Jacques Michel
Jacques Miche...
Jean-Jacques Dunant
Pascal Vincent
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Samuel Lowenthal
Patrice Bornand
Patrice Borna...
Gustave Moynier
Jean-Pierre Gos
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Théodore Maunoir
Jeff El Eini
Jeff El Eini
Duc de Morny
Erwin Leder
Erwin Leder
Soldat
Gunther Gillian
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Ulhan
Serge Falck
Serge Falck
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Bernard Escalon
Bernard Escal...
Parisian public servant
Christian Gregori
Christian Gre...
Swiss police officer
Antoine Basler
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