Girls in Distress (1939)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 10, 1939Release Date
Girls in Distress (1939)
1h 30m
Running Time
January 10, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
G.W. Pabst
Director
Tristan Bernard
Writer
Barbara Shaw
La belle-mère d'Amélie
Jean Bernard-Luc
Writer
Albrecht Joseph
Writer
Gaston Jacquet
Le père d'Amélie
Peter Quinn
Writer
Georges Jamin
Le beau-père d'Amélie
Christa Winsloe
Writer
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
Louisette Hautecœur
Editor
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography
Pierre Nay
Liliane Barnassin
Merly
Claude Lehmann
Ariane Murator
Jacqueline Daniel
Monique Dantis
Hélène Bellanger
Marguerite de Morlaye
Antoinette Ferlay
Christiane Rombaldo
Germaine Stainval
Solange Turenne
Georges Vitray
Details.
Release DateJanuary 10, 1939
Original NameJeunes filles en détresse
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
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Wiki.
Girls in Distress (French: Jeunes filles en détresse) is a 1939 French drama film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Marcelle Chantal, Micheline Presle and André Lugue.The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris.