Girls in Distress

Girls in Distress

1939 · 90 min · ★ 5.0 · 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.

Directed by G.W. Pabst · Written by Christa Winsloe

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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

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