Girls in Distress
Jeunes filles en détresse
Release: 1939-01-10
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 4.5
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.
Cast
Gabrielle Robinne
as Le mère d'Yvette
Madeleine Lebeau
as Une élève de la pension
René Génin
as Le concierge du ministère
Georges Vitray
Jean Aquistapace
as Ternier, le ministre de la justice
Pierre Nay
Marcelle Chantal
as Docteur Marthe Presle
Noëlle Norman
as Une élève de la pension
Sinoël
as Le concierge du théâtre
Arthur Devère
as Le père d'Alice
Pierre Bertin
as Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle
Marguerite de Morlaye
Robert Manuel
as Robert
Marthe Mellot
as Mademoiselle Jeanne
Yvonne Yma
as L'habilleuse de Pola
Claude Lehmann
Nane Germon
as Ernestine
Jacqueline Delubac
as Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot
Louise Carletti
as Margot Montbleu
Marguerite Moreno
as Madame Vuilliard
Barbara Shaw
as La belle-mère d'Amélie
Georges Jamin
as Le beau-père d'Amélie
Robert Pizani
as Monsieur Tarrand
Milly Mathis
as La mère d'Alice
Margo Lion
as La mère de Thérèse
Germaine Stainval
Marcel Lupovici
as Morel
André Luguet
as Maître Jacques Presle
Micheline Presle
as Jacqueline Presle
Gaston Jacquet
as Le père d'Amélie
