Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
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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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Cast
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Thomas Jouannet
Henry Dunant
Known for
Love Lasts Three Years
Noémie Kocher
Léonie Bourg-Thibourg
Also in
Two Is a Family
La Garçonne
Dominique Othenin-Girard
Claude-Michel Rome
Philippe Berthet
Émilie Dequenne
Cécile Thuillier
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Survive
Sigi Borutta
Michel Galabru
Hubert Dunant
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Caroline Lassa
Jean-François Balmer
Adolphe Thuillier
Known for
In the House
Madame Bovary
André Martin
Vincent Winterhalter
Louis Appia
Known for
Franklin
The Mystery of Henri Pick
Dominique Othenin-Girard Director · Claude-Michel Rome Writer Claire Level Writer
First release January 25, 2007 · Produced in Switzerland, France, Algeria, Austria, Greece · Production Pale Blue Productions, Dune
Production
Bohemian Films
Production
Pale Blue Productions
Production
Dune
Production
TSR
Production
Établissement National de Télévision (ENTV)
Production
ARTE
Production
France 2
Production · Distribution
ERT
Production
Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT)
Production
Switzerland · France · Algeria · Austria · Greece
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Languages
Original title
Henry Dunant : Du rouge sur la croix
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Germany · January 25, 2007
TV
Switzerland · February 3, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
May 9, 2008
Belgium
July 3, 2008 · Theatrical
Finland
May 8, 2007
France
March 2, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 2, 2008
Sweden
October 27, 2007
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