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.
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
