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Overview
Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 17, 1936
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Les Films Marquise
- Cast
- Jeanne Helbling,Gaby André,René Dary,Juozas Miltinis,Roger Toziny,Marguerite Daulboys,Paul Escoffier,Jean-Louis Barrault,Madeleine Renaud,Robert Le Viganand 12 more
- Director
- Jean Benoît-Lévy
- Cinematography
- Léonce-Henri Burel,Philippe Agostini
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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