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Girls in Distress (1939) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1939 · 90 mins · French
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- Directed by
- G.W. Pabst
- Starring
- Robert Manuel, Madeleine Lebeau, André Luguet, Marcel Lupovici, Nane Germon, René Génin
The story is set in a private girls’ school where pupils come from broken homes. Only Micheline Presle has a family, but her happiness is threatened when her father, André Luguet, begins an affair with actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the aid of Debulac’s daughter Louisa, Presle ends the affair and reunites her father and his wife, Marcelle Chantal.
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