Girls in Distress
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
January 10, 1939Runtime
90 minGenres
DramaDirected by
G.W. PabstScreenplay by
Christa WinsloeLanguage
FrenchBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
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
Georges Jamin
Le beau-père d'Amélie
Marcel Lupovici
Morel
Pierre Nay
Sinoël
Le concierge du théâtre
Pierre Bertin
Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle
Nane Germon
Ernestine
Robert Pizani
Monsieur Tarrand
Milly Mathis
La mère d'Alice
Margo Lion
La mère de Thérèse
Marguerite Moreno
Madame Vuilliard
Jean Aquistapace
Ternier, le ministre de la justice
René Génin
Le concierge du ministère
Madeleine Lebeau
Une élève de la pension
Robert Manuel
Robert
Marthe Mellot
Mademoiselle Jeanne
Georges Vitray
