Movie: Girls in Distress

Top 10 Billed Cast

Marcelle Chantal
Marcelle Chantal

Docteur Marthe Presle

Jacqueline Delubac
Jacqueline Delubac

Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot

André Luguet
André Luguet

Maître Jacques Presle

Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle

Jacqueline Presle

Louise Carletti
Louise Carletti

Margot Montbleu

Ariane Murator
Ariane Murator

Barbara Shaw
Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Claude Lehmann
Claude Lehmann

Gaston Jacquet
Gaston Jacquet

Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin
Georges Jamin

Le beau-père d'Amélie

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1939-01-10

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français

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