Summary
A series of personal disasters leaves a young woman, Rose, without money, family or home.
After the death of her bankrupt father, she finds work as an attendant in a nursery school
for children in a deprived area of Paris. Here she befriends a little girl, Marie,
the unwanted daughter of a prostitute. The bond between Marie and Rose becomes so
great that when the latter decides to marry Dr Libois, the little girl tries to kill herself...
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Credits
- Director: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein
- Script: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein, Leon Frapie (novel)
- Photo: Georges Asselin
- Music: Edouard Flament
- Cast: Madeleine Renaud (Rose), Alice Tissot (Superintendent), Paulette Élambert (Marie Coeuret), Sylvette Fillacier (Mme. Coeuret), Mady Berry (Mme. Paulin), Henri Debain (Dr. Libois), Alex Bernard (Professor), Edmond Van Daële (Pantin)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
- Aka: Children of Montmartre
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