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.
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Girls in Distress Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Germaine Stainval
She was 51, 70 years old when she died
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Micheline Presle
She was 16, now 102 years old
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as Jacqueline Presle |
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René Génin
He was 48, 77 years old when he died
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as Le concierge du ministère |
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Georges Jamin
He was 32, 64 years old when he died
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as Le beau-père d'Amélie |
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Nane Germon
She was 29, 91 years old when she died
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as Ernestine |
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Robert Pizani
He was 42, 69 years old when he died
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as Monsieur Tarrand |
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Margo Lion
She was 4, 45 years old when she died
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as La mère de Thérèse |
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Madeleine LeBeau
She was 15, 92 years old when she died
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as Une élève de la pension |
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Gaston Jacquet
He was 55, 86 years old when he died
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as Le père d'Amélie |
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Rosine Luguet
She was 17, 59 years old when she died
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as Une élève de la pension |
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Milly Mathis
She was 37, 63 years old when she died
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as La mère d'Alice |
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Ariane Borg
She was 23, 91 years old when she died
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as Une élève de la pension |
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André Luguet
He was 46, 87 years old when he died
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as Maître Jacques Presle |
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Génia Vaury
She was 29, 50 years old when she died
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Louise Carletti
She was 16, 80 years old when she died
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as Margot Montbleu |
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Pierre Bertin
He was 47, 92 years old when he died
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as Legris, le secrétaire de Me Presle |
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Jean Aquistapace
He was 56, 70 years old when he died
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as Ternier, le ministre de la justice |
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Michel François
He was 16, now 68 years old
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as Michel Mortier |
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Sinoël
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as Le concierge du théâtre |
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Marthe Mellot
She was 68, 77 years old when she died
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as Mademoiselle Jeanne |
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Yvonne Yma
She was 51, 71 years old when she died
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as L'habilleuse de Pola |
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Robert Manuel
He was 22, 79 years old when he died
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as Robert |
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Georges Vitray
He was 50, 72 years old when he died
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Barbara Shaw
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as La belle-mère d'Amélie |
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Gabrielle Robinne
She was 52, 94 years old when she died
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as Le mère d'Yvette |
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Marcelle Chantal
She was 37, 59 years old when she died
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as Docteur Marthe Presle |
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Marguerite Moreno
She was 67, 76 years old when she died
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as Madame Vuilliard |
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Noëlle Norman
She was 18, 64 years old when she died
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as Une élève de la pension |
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Ariane Muratore
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Paulette Élambert
She was 16, now 102 years old
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as Denise Tarrand |
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Jacqueline Delubac
She was 31, 90 years old when she died
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as Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot |
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Marcel Lupovici
He was 29, 91 years old when he died
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as Morel |
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Arthur Devère
He was 55, 78 years old when he died
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as Le père d'Alice |
Girls in Distress Crew
| Name |
Department |
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G.W. Pabst as Director. He was 53 (81) years old when He died
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Directing |
