Girls in Distress
Jeunes filles en détresse
Drama
Somewhat reminiscent of 'Mädchen in Uniform' (1931), 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.
1939-01-10
fr
Cast
Director
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Marcelle Chantal as Docteur Marthe Presle
Jacqueline Delubac as Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot
André Luguet as Maître Jacques Presle
Micheline Presle as Jacqueline Presle
Louise Carletti as Margot Montbleu
Barbara Shaw as La belle-mère d'Amélie
Claude Lehmann
Gaston Jacquet as Le père d'Amélie
Georges Jamin as Le beau-père d'Amélie
Marcel Lupovici as Morel
Pierre Nay
Noëlle Norman as Une élève de la pension
Sinoël as Le concierge du théâtre
Gabrielle Robinne as Le mère d'Yvette
Pierre Bertin as Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle
Arthur Devère as Le père d'Alice
Nane Germon as Ernestine
Robert Pizani as Monsieur Tarrand
Milly Mathis as La mère d'Alice
Margo Lion as La mère de Thérèse
Marguerite Moreno as Madame Vuilliard
Jean Aquistapace as Ternier, le ministre de la justice
Marguerite de Morlaye
René Génin as Le concierge du ministère
Madeleine Lebeau as Une élève de la pension
Rosine Luguet as Une élève de la pension
Robert Manuel as Robert
Marthe Mellot as Mademoiselle Jeanne
Germaine Stainval
Georges Vitray
Yvonne Yma as L'habilleuse de Pola