Film

Girls in Distress

1939 · 1h 30m · Drama

IMDb

6.4

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.

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

Ariane Murator

Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Claude Lehmann

Gaston Jacquet

Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin

Le beau-père d'Amélie

Merly

Marcel Lupovici

Morel

Pierre Nay

Christiane Ribes

La mère d'Amélie

Noëlle Norman

Une élève de la pension

Sinoël

Le concierge du théâtre

• G.W. PabstDirector
• Christa WinsloeScreenplay
• Peter QuinnNovel
• Michel KelberDirector of Photography
• Louisette HautecœurEditor

Release date

January 10, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama