White Wings (1943 film)

White Wings
Directed byRobert Péguy
Written byPaul Achard
Robert Péguy
Produced byJacques Séverac
StarringGaby Morlay
Jacques Dumesnil
Marcelle Géniat
CinematographyPhilippe Agostini
Edited byÉmilienne Bigand
Music byTony Aubin
Production
company
Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date
  • 10 March 1943 (1943-03-10)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

White Wings (French: Les ailes blanches) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Robert Péguy and starring Gaby Morlay, Jacques Dumesnil and Marcelle Géniat.[1][2] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios at Courbevoie in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Jaquelux and Lucien Aguettand.

Synopsis

Sister Claire, a nun is dedicated to saving girls who have fallen on hard times, due to her own experience many years before. She encounters a composer who comes to tune the convent's harmonium, a widower with three daughters. He is particularly concerned about the eldest girl Lucette, who has fallen into bad company and has become pregnant.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Burch & Sellier p.104
  2. ^ Rège p.930

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Burch, Noël & Sellier, Geneviève. The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press, 2013.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.


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