Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
Henry Dunant : Du rouge sur la croix
Synopsis
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 the 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...
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Thomas Jouannet
Henry Dunant
Noémie Kocher
Léonie Bourg-Thibourg
Émilie Dequenne
Cécile Thuillier
Michel Galabru
Hubert Dunant
Jean-François Balmer
Adolphe Thuillier
Vincent Winterhalter
Louis Appia
Samuel Labarthe
Daniel Dunant
Vania Vilers
Pierre Bourg-Thibourg
Henri Garcin
Général Dufour
Fritz Karl
Colonel Delaroche
Fritz von Friedl
von Eckert
Tom Novembre
Napoleon III
Anne Comte
Sophie Dunant
Jacques Michel
Jean-Jacques Dunant
Josette Chanel
Nancy Dunant
Angelo Kreuzberger
Luigi
Pascal Vincent
Samuel Lowenthal
Patrice Bornand
Gustave Moynier
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Dominique Othenin-Girard
- Screenplay & Story
- Claire Level, Claude-Michel Rome
- Original Title
- Henry Dunant : Du rouge sur la croix
- Country of Origin
- Switzerland, France, Algeria, Austria, Greece
- Spoken Languages
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Production Studios
- Bohemian Films, Pale Blue Productions, Dune, TSR, Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV), ARTE, France 2, ERT
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Claire Level, Claude-Michel Rome
Department Leadership Roster
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Director
Claire Level
Writer
Claude-Michel Rome
Writer
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What is Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross about?
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 the 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...
Who directed Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross?
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard.
Who stars in Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross?
The principal cast of Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross includes Thomas Jouannet, Noémie Kocher, Émilie Dequenne, Michel Galabru, Jean-François Balmer.
When was Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross released and how long is it?
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross was released in 2007 with a total runtime of 1h 39m.