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Girls in Distress

45 %|Jan 10, 1939|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

G.W. Pabst
Director
Christa Winsloe
Screenplay
Jean Bernard-Luc
Dialogue
Tristan Bernard
Dialogue
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography
Peter Quinn
Novel
Louisette Hautecœur
Editor

Cast

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Marcelle Chantal
Docteur Marthe Presle
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Jacqueline Delubac
Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot
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André Luguet
Maître Jacques Presle
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Micheline Presle
Jacqueline Presle
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Louise Carletti
Margot Montbleu
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Barbara Shaw
La belle-mère d'Amélie
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Gaston Jacquet
Le père d'Amélie
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Georges Jamin
Le beau-père d'Amélie
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Christiane Ribes
La mère d'Amélie
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Noëlle Norman
Une élève de la pension
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Sinoël
Le concierge du théâtre
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Paulette Élambert
Denise Tarrand
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Gabrielle Robinne
Le mère d'Yvette
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Pierre Bertin
Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle
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Arthur Devère
Le père d'Alice
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Nane Germon
Ernestine
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Robert Pizani
Monsieur Tarrand
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Milly Mathis
La mère d'Alice
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Margo Lion
La mère de Thérèse
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Marguerite Moreno
Madame Vuilliard
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Jean Aquistapace
Ternier, le ministre de la justice
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Ariane Borg
Une élève de la pension
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Victoria Carletti
Une élève de la pension
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Genevieve Dorlane
Madame Tarrand
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Michel François
Michel Mortier
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René Génin
Le concierge du ministère
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Madeleine Lebeau
Une élève de la pension
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Rosine Luguet
Une élève de la pension
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Marthe Mellot
Mademoiselle Jeanne
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Monique Thibaut
Une élève de la pension
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Yvonne Yma
L'habilleuse de Pola