Helene is based on Helene Wilfur, a novel by Vicki (Grand Hotel) Baum. Madeleine Renaud essays the title role, a young medical student in love with aspiring musician Pierre Regnier (Jean-Lous Barrault). Pierre's father, a noted surgeon, puts pressure on his son to give up music in favor of medicine. Unable to withstand his father's remonstrations, Pierre kills himself, prompting the grieving Madeleine to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to the cause of healing others. Wilfur avoids the usual soap-opera goo by offering realistic performances and credible dialogue (the English-language subtitles were composed by erudite film critic Herman G. Weinberg).
Jean Benoît-Lévy
Director, Writer
Marie Epstein
Writer
Madeleine Renaud
Hélène Wilfur
Jean-Louis Barrault
Pierre Régnier
Constant Rémy
Professor Amboise
Héléna Manson
Valérie
Odette Joyeux
Françoise
Robert Le Vigan
Doctor Regnier
Georges Bever
The lab boy
Jeanne Helbling
Yvonne Amboise
Blanche Peyrens
The doctor
Plus que jamais64%
Les liaisons dangereuses58%
Not Easily Broken62%
Mélo68%
Cœurs64%
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit76%
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III83%
Time Is Up64%
Les Jeunes Amants64%
Sous emprise60%
Sidonie au Japon62%
Nine Lives61%
Blind61%
Gervaise67%
La fille du RER59%
Life in a Year82%
Noce blanche65%
Maria's Lovers60%
Dirt Music62%
Ashes in the Snow64%
