
Girls in Distress (1939)
Overview
Jeune Filles en Detresse (Young Girls in Distress) was director G. W. Pabst's last French production before his (ill-timed) return to Nazi-occupied Austria in 1941. Somewhat reminiscent of Maedchen in Uniform, the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness is threatened when her lawyer father Andre Luguet inaugurates an affair with stage actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the help of Debulac's daughter Louisa Carletti, Presle is able to break up her father's romance and deliver him into the open arms of her mother Marcelle Chantal. On the whole, the performance by the younger cast members are more convincing than those rendered by the film's so-called adults.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | fr |
Popularity | 1.389 |
Directed By
G.W. Pabst
Crew
G.W. Pabst
Tristan Bernard
Louisette Hautecœur
Christa Winsloe
Peter Quinn
Michel Kelber
Jean Bernard-Luc
Roger Forster
TOP CAST

Marcelle Chantal
Docteur Marthe Presle

Jacqueline Delubac
Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot

André Luguet
Maître Jacques Presle

Micheline Presle
Jacqueline Presle

Louise Carletti
Margot Montbleu

Barbara Shaw
La belle-mère d'Amélie
Gaston Jacquet
Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin
Le beau-père d'Amélie

Marcel Lupovici
Morel
Christiane Ribes
La mère d'Amélie

Noëlle Norman
Une élève de la pension

Sinoël
Le concierge du théâtre
Paulette Élambert
Denise Tarrand
Gabrielle Robinne
Le mère d'Yvette

Pierre Bertin
Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle

Arthur Devère
Le père d'Alice

Nane Germon
Ernestine

Robert Pizani
Monsieur Tarrand

Milly Mathis
La mère d'Alice

Margo Lion
La mère de Thérèse

Marguerite Moreno
Madame Vuilliard

Jean Aquistapace
Ternier, le ministre de la justice
Ariane Borg
Une élève de la pension
Victoria Carletti
Une élève de la pension
Genevieve Dorlane
Madame Tarrand
Michel François
Michel Mortier

René Génin
Le concierge du ministère

Madeleine Lebeau
Une élève de la pension
Rosine Luguet
Une élève de la pension
Mlle Malakowsky
Amélie

Robert Manuel
Robert

Marthe Mellot
Mademoiselle Jeanne
Monique Thibaut
Une élève de la pension

Yvonne Yma
L'habilleuse de Pola