White Wings (1943 film)

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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.

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.

• 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

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• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• White Wings at IMDb