Breton doctor René Laennec fights tooth and nail against consumption, all the more desperately as his brother Michaud has just died of it.
as Dr. Laennec
as Beaugendre
as Un domestique
as Le mime
as Le client enrhumé
as Clarisse d'Anthiages
as Le charlatan
as Professeur Récamier
as Meriadec
as Laennec Père
as Le vieillard
as Madeleine Bayle
as Docteur Louis
as Un médecin
as Angélique
as Un malade
as Un médecin
as Jacquemine d'Argout-Laennec
as La duchesse
as La moribonde