Story :Professor Louis Delage is a kidney transplant specialist. He is so good in his field that his peers nickname him the "great man". But one day, one of his patients die during surgery and Delage starts doubting. Is he actually such a great man? To fight desperation he decides to take in the deceased child while devoting more time to Florence, his hitherto neglected wife.
Cast
Pierre FresnayProfessor Louis Delage
Renée DevillersFlorence Delage
Claire DuhamelCatherine Delage
Marcel AndréDoctor Charles Tannard
Nadine AlariYvette
Roland AlexandreJacques Brulages
Pierre DestaillesGaston Berval
Michel VadetDoctor Larmy
Christiane BarryJacqueline
Georgette AnysMrs. Berval
Philippe MareuilGeorges
Jean-Claude PascalMarcillac
Maurice RonetFrançois
Claude NicotBarby
Madeleine BarbuléeMarie-Laure
Robert MoorProfessor Peccavi
Ky DuyenChang, butler
Émile GenevoisGaston's friend
Raymond GalleDoctor
Bernard HubrenneStudent
Catherine RomanePaulette
Georgette TalazacNurse
Claire MurielPatient
Christian FourcadeÉmile
Serge LecointeYoung Albert
Elisa LamotteLady of Orléans
Marguerite GarcyaMrs. Martin
Tania SoucaultJacky
Judith Magre
Perrette Darbon
Bernard MussonAssistant to Doctor Delage (uncredited)