Pasteur et Koch : Un duel de géants dans la guerre des microbes

Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch: great scientists, national icons, opponents in the service of research. One is a Frenchman and chemist and is already in the second half of his life. He is honored worldwide with numerous prizes for his discovery of the rabies vaccine. The other was a still unknown German country doctor in his 30s, whose discovery of the tuberculosis bacillus was later awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. From 1881, the two were bitter rivals. Their 20-year rivalry resulted in spectacular progress in the fight against deadly epidemics.

8

96 min

Cast

Patrick Bonnel

as Louis Pasteur

Pierre Hiessler

as Robert Koch

Paul Lefèvre

as Emile Roux

Françoise Miquelis

as Marie Pasteur

Charlotte Krenz

as Emmy Koch

Blanche Launay

as Gertrud Koch

Céline Jorrion

as Mme Meister

Mathis Druenne

as Joseph Meister

Cédric Zimmerlin

as M. Gaffky

Léa Schwartz

as Hedwige

Laurent Ferraro

as M. Rossignol

Philippe Bertin

as M. Kaufer

Richard Leroussel

as M. Maunoury

Laurent Bur

as Dr. Grancher

Julien Ratel

as M. Fischer

Damien Carron

as Louis Thuillier

Hervé Colombel

as French scientist

Vincent Furic

as Veterinary

Catherine Toublanc

as Veterinary's wife

Jean-Denis Marcoccio

as Journalist

Vincent Launay

as German scientist

Jean-Philippe Nazaret

as Pasteur's assistant

Pierre Lavalette

as Koch's assistant

Aurélien Recoing

as Narration

Director

Mathieu Schwartz