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.Crisp p.95 It is a remake of the 1925 German film '' The Joyless Street'' directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Synopsis

A young woman tries to financially support her family amidst the poverty of Paris.

Cast

* Dita Parlo as Jeanne de Romer *

as Jean Dumas *

as Le greffier * Line Noro as Marie Leichner * Valéry Inkijinoff as Louis Stinner * Pierre Alcover as Monsieur Antoine *

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as L'avocat de Stinner * Fréhel as Henriette *

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as Le grand-père *

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as La mère de Jeanne *

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as Le président *

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as Léa Level *

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as L'avocat général *

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as La détective * Jean Mercure as Le petit pâtissier * Elisa Ruis as Régine Rozès * Guy Rapp as Inspecteur Varnier * Claude Roy as Le petit frère de Jeanne * Francine Dartois as La soeur de Jeanne * Paul Pauley as Monsieur Woss

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, Colin. ''French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2015.

External links

* 1938 films French drama films 1938 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by André Hugon Films set in Paris Films based on Austrian novels Remakes of German films Sound film remakes of silent films French black-and-white films 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub