Girls in Distress

4.5 / 10

(4 votes)

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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1939

Director:

G.W. Pabst

Cast:
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

Crew:
G.W. Pabst

Director

Christa Winsloe

Screenplay

Peter Quinn

Novel

Jean Bernard-Luc

Dialogue

Tristan Bernard

Dialogue