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1943 film

White Wings

Directed by	Robert Péguy
Written by	Paul Achard Robert Péguy
Produced by	Jacques Séverac
Starring	Gaby Morlay Jacques Dumesnil Marcelle Géniat
Cinematography	Philippe Agostini
Edited by	Émilienne Bigand
Music by	Tony Aubin
Production company	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Distributed by	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date	10 March 1943 (1943-03-10)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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. 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

Gaby Morlay as Claire Neubourg devenue Soeur Claire
Jacques Dumesnil as Gérard Clairval
Marcelle Géniat as Soeur Louise - la tante de Claire
Jacques Baumer as Henri Lebourg
Irène Corday as Lucette
Pierre Magnier as Dupuis-Villeuse
Lysiane Rey as Nadine
Georges Vitray as Maître Verdier - le notaire
René Dupuy as Albert
André Nicolle as Le directeur des Folies-Bastille
Jean Sinoël as Hyacinthe
Charles Lemontier as Belin
Jacqueline Pagnol as Cricri
Saturnin Fabre as Siméon

References

Burch & Sellier p.104
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.

External links

White Wings at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Robert Péguy
600,000 Francs a Month (1926) Muche (1927) Paris-New York-Paris (1928) Kiss Me (1929) His Highness Love (1931) The Yellow House of Rio (1931) Clochard (1932) In the Land of the Sun (1934) Jacques and Jacotte (1936) The Mysterious Lady (1936) My Little Marquise (1937) Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared (1938) Grandfather (1939) Notre-Dame de la Mouise (1941) Last Adventure (1942) Shot in the Night (1943) White Wings (1943)

Films directed by Robert Péguy

600,000 Francs a Month (1926)
Muche (1927)
Paris-New York-Paris (1928)
Kiss Me (1929)
His Highness Love (1931)
The Yellow House of Rio (1931)
Clochard (1932)
In the Land of the Sun (1934)
Jacques and Jacotte (1936)
The Mysterious Lady (1936)
My Little Marquise (1937)
Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared (1938)
Grandfather (1939)
Notre-Dame de la Mouise (1941)
Last Adventure (1942)
Shot in the Night (1943)
White Wings (1943)

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