Girls in Distress

Girls in Distress (1939)

Released: 1939-01-10 Duration: 1hr 30min
Genres: Drama
Rating 4.5

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
Revenue $0.00
Original Language fr
Popularity 1.088

Directed By

G.W. Pabst

Crew

Director
G.W. Pabst
Screenplay
Christa Winsloe
Director of Photography
Michel Kelber
Dialogue
Tristan Bernard

TOP CAST

Marcelle Chantal
Marcelle Chantal

Docteur Marthe Presle

Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac

Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot

André Luguet
André Luguet

Maître Jacques Presle

Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle

Jacqueline Presle

Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti

Margot Montbleu

Barbara Shaw
Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Gaston Jacquet
Gaston Jacquet

Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin
Georges Jamin

Le beau-père d'Amélie

Christiane Ribes
Christiane Ribes

La mère d'Amélie

Noëlle Norman
Noëlle Norman

Une élève de la pension

Sinoël
Sinoël

Le concierge du théâtre

Paulette Élambert
Paulette Élambert

Denise Tarrand

Gabrielle Robinne
Gabrielle Robinne

Le mère d'Yvette

Pierre Bertin
Pierre Bertin

Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle

Arthur Devère
Arthur Devère

Le père d'Alice

Nane Germon
Nane Germon

Ernestine

Robert Pizani
Robert Pizani

Monsieur Tarrand

Milly Mathis
Milly Mathis

La mère d'Alice

Margo Lion
Margo Lion

La mère de Thérèse

Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno

Madame Vuilliard

Jean Aquistapace
Jean Aquistapace

Ternier, le ministre de la justice

Ariane Borg
Ariane Borg

Une élève de la pension

Victoria Carletti
Victoria Carletti

Une élève de la pension

Genevieve Dorlane
Genevieve Dorlane

Madame Tarrand

Michel François
Michel François

Michel Mortier

René Génin
René Génin

Le concierge du ministère

Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine Lebeau

Une élève de la pension

Rosine Luguet
Rosine Luguet

Une élève de la pension

Marthe Mellot
Marthe Mellot

Mademoiselle Jeanne

Monique Thibaut
Monique Thibaut

Une élève de la pension

Yvonne Yma
Yvonne Yma

L'habilleuse de Pola

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