Girls in Distress
6.2
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.
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Cast
57 people
Marcelle Chantal
Docteur Marthe Presle
Also in
Amok
In the Name of the Law
Jacqueline Delubac
Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot
Known for
The Story of a Cheat
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Louisette Hautecoeur
Tristan Bernard
André Luguet
Maître Jacques Presle
Known for
Paris Blues
Michel Kelber
Jean Bernard-Luc
Micheline Presle
Jacqueline Presle
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Donkey Skin
Albrecht Joseph
Louise Carletti
Margot Montbleu
Also in
Hell of Angels
Portrait of Innocence
Peter Quinn
G.W. Pabst Director · Christa Winsloe Screenplay Peter Quinn Author
United States release January 29, 1980 · Produced in France · Original title Jeunes filles en détresse
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Jeunes filles en détresse
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 10, 1939
Theatrical
United States · January 29, 1980
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
Croatia
February 21, 1940
Denmark
February 12, 1940
Finland
February 21, 1947
Italy
August 1, 1939 · Venice Film Festival
Mexico
April 18, 1940
Netherlands
January 18, 1946 · Den Haag
Portugal
October 11, 1939
Slovenia
January 5, 1940
Spain
May 19, 1941 · Madrid
Sweden
August 2, 1939
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