''Cage of Girls'' (French: ''La cage aux filles'') is a 1949 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Maurice Cloche Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse (department), Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French people, French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur V ...

and starring

Danièle Delorme Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard (9 October 1926 – 17 October 2015), known by her stage name Danièle Delorme (), was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret, Julien Duvivier an ...

, Jacky Flynt and Louise Lagrange.Crisp p.281 It is set in a women's prison. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

René Renoux René Renoux (1904–2000) was a French art director.Buache p.162 Selected filmography * ''The Pure Truth'' (1931) * ''Topaze (1933 French film), Topaze'' (1933) * ''Prince Jean (1934 film), Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''The Lady of the Camellias (193 ...

Cast

as Micheline * Jacky Flynt as Rita * Louise Lagrange as Alice Baudoin * Denise Bosc as La Mère Supérieure * Lise Topart as Sarah * Michel Marsay as Freddy * André Pasdoc as L'Aumônier * Geymond Vital as Pierre Mansois, oncle de Micheline * Jacques Verrières as Loulou *

Jean-Marc Thibault Jean-Marc Thibault (1923–2017) was a French film and television actor.Halliwell p.56 He also directed three films. Selected filmography * '' First on the Rope'' (1944) * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * ''I Like Only You'' (1949) * ''Women of Paris' ...

as Edmond * Van Mullen * Carbonnat * Robichez * Marc Anthony * Eliane Charles as Tototte *

Jacqueline Dor Jacqueline Dor (1929–1972) was a French film actress.Goble p.328 Selected filmography * '' Monsieur de Falindor'' (1947) * ''Scandals of Clochemerle'' (1948) * ''Three Boys, One Girl'' (1948) * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * '' Emile the African'' ...

as Suzanne * Nicole Francis *

Muni Muni or Munni may refer to: Municipal * A common US abbreviation for municipal, municipal services, and the like *Municipal bond *Municipal Bridge, the former name of the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky *"Muni", slang ...

Palmyre Levasseur Palmyre Levasseur (24 December 1888 – 4 August 1963) was a French stage and film actress.Aping p.234 Selected filmography * '' Culprit'' (1937) * '' The Fraudster'' (1937) * ''Tricoche and Cacolet'' (1938) * ''The Postmaster's Daughter'' (1938) ...

as La surveillante en chef *

Yvonne Hébert Yvonne Hébert (January 2, 1902 - January 15, 1990) was a French stage actress, stage and film actress. Crisp p.101 During the 1930s she was cast in several French version of Multiple-language version films. She generally played supporting roles ...

as La Femme de Freddy * Gaby Tyra * Françoise Beauté * Annie Noël * Sylvie Pelayo * Annick Martin * France Marion *

Suzanne Flon Suzanne Flon (28 January 1918 – 15 June 2005) was a French people, French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film ''Tu ne tueras point, Thou Shalt Not Kill''. Flon also re ...

as Mme. Edith *

Noël Roquevert Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...

as Antoine Baudoin, le beau-père de Micheline * Marina de Berg as Colette *

Hélène Rémy Hélène Rémy (born 1932) is a retired French film actress. She spent much of her career working in the Italian film industry.Curti p.62 Selected filmography * '' Cage of Girls'' (1949) * '' The Sinners'' (1949) * '' Sending of Flowers'' (1950 ...

* Nina Lazareff * Françoise Barles * Ginette Frank * Liliane Charpentier * Madeleine Barbulée as Une surveillante * Joëlle Janin *

Dominique Davray Dominique Davray (born Marie-Louise Gournay; 27 January 1919 in Paris – 16 August 1998 in Paris) was a French actress. She performed in more than 90 films from 1942 to 1983. Filmography External links

* 20th-century French actres ...

as Une élève du cours * Susi Jera * Christine Langart * Jane Daury * Yvonne Dany * Max Rogerys

References

Bibliography

* Crisp, C.G. ''The classic French cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993

External links

* 1949 films 1949 drama films French drama films 1940s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Cloche French black-and-white films 1940s French films {{1940s-France-film-stub