Prison sans barreaux (1938)

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Country: France
Genres: Drama
Release: 1938-02-18
Director: Léonide Moguy
Writers: Hans Wilhelm , Gina Kaus , Otto Eis , Egon Eis
Language: French
Stars: Annie Ducaux , Roger Duchesne , Ginette Leclerc , Corinne Luchaire , Marthe Mellot , Madeleine Suffel , Alice Cortot , Maximilienne , Gisèle Préville , Marguerite Pierry
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Zatvor bez resetaka , A rácsnélküli börtön (Hungary) , 格子なき牢獄 (Japan) , Prison sans barreaux , Kôshi naki rôgoku (Japan) , Prison sans barreaux (France, French Republic) , Prisão sem Grades (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Prigione senza sbarre (Italy) , Więzienie bez krat (Poland) , Prison sans barreaux (Belgium) , Ristikot murtuvat (Finland) , Kvinder i Bur (Denmark) , Prisión sin rejas (Spain) , Mulheres Sem Homens (Brazil) , Meisjes achter tralies (Netherlands the) , Fylakes horis sidera (Greece) , Prison Without Bars , Kvinnor i bur (Sweden) , Gevangenis zonder tralies (Belgium)
Plot: In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather than be constantly subdued and is accordingly determined to make Madame Appel change her methods of education. On a private level Yvonne is secretly engaged to Guy Maréchal, the doctor serving the institute. Unfortunately for her, the latter starts flirting with Nelly, a beautiful but rebellious inmate. Another prisoner, Renée, who has discovered the romance, blackmails Nelly...
IMDB:tt0160699