Girls in Distress

Girls in Distress (1939) is a drama film directed by G.W. Pabst rated 5.0/10.

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.

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

Ariane Murator

Barbara Shaw

La belle-mère d'Amélie

Claude Lehmann

Gaston Jacquet

Le père d'Amélie

Georges Jamin

Le beau-père d'Amélie

Merly

Marcel Lupovici

Morel