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Cast

Madeleine Renaud

Madeleine Renaud

Hélène Wilfur

Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Pierre Régnier

Constant Rémy

Constant Rémy

Professor Amboise

Héléna Manson

Héléna Manson

Valérie

Odette Joyeux

Odette Joyeux

Françoise

Robert Le Vigan

Robert Le Vigan

Doctor Regnier

Georges Bever

Georges Bever

The lab boy

Jeanne Helbling

Jeanne Helbling

Yvonne Amboise

Blanche Peyrens

Blanche Peyrens

The doctor

Greta Buelens

Greta Buelens

Totoche

Marguerite Daulboys

Marguerite Daulboys

The widow

René Dary

René Dary

Marcel

Maurice Baquet

Maurice Baquet

Durant Tout Court

Paul Escoffier

Paul Escoffier

The judge

Armand Lurville

Armand Lurville

The dean

Tsugundo Maki

Tsugundo Maki

The Japanese student

Roger Toziny

Roger Toziny

The bookstore

Juozas Miltinis

Juozas Miltinis

The Russian

Gaby André

Gaby André

Gilberte Géniat

Gilberte Géniat

Pierre-Louis

Pierre-Louis

Pierre Sarda

Pierre Sarda

Crew

Lucien Carré

Lucien Carré

Decorator

Marcel Lattès

Marcel Lattès

Music

Robert Teisseire

Robert Teisseire

Sound

Jean Benoît-Lévy

Jean Benoît-Lévy

Director

Marie Epstein

Marie Epstein

Writer

Vicki Baum

Vicki Baum

Novel

Jean Benoît-Lévy

Jean Benoît-Lévy

Writer

Léonce-Henri Burel

Léonce-Henri Burel

Director of Photography

Philippe Agostini

Philippe Agostini

Director of Photography

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Hélène

19365.5 / 10109 min
Drama, Romance

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).