Girls in Distress

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Marcelle Chantal

Docteur Marthe Presle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jacqueline Delubac

Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot

Age : 90 | Popularity : 7%

André Luguet

Maître Jacques Presle

Age : 87 | Popularity : 16%

Micheline Presle

Jacqueline Presle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 55%

Louise Carletti

Margot Montbleu

Age : 80 | Popularity : 10%

Ariane Murator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Claude Lehmann

Age : 69 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	G.W. Pabst
Writing	Screenplay	Christa Winsloe
	Novel	Peter Quinn
	Dialogue	Jean Bernard-Luc Tristan Bernard
Camera	Director of Photography	Michel Kelber
Editing	Editor	Louisette Hautecœur
Department	Role	Name

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