The Blue Veil (1942)
Le Voile bleu
In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double misfortune, Louise decides to dedicate her life to caring for the children of others. She becomes a nurse with several employers, giving her affection to little boys or girls. A widower and another man propose to her but she refuses twice determined as she is to live only for the children in her charge.
- Date of release
- 1942-11-18
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jean Stelli
Casting
- Gaby Morlay — Louise Jarraud
- André Alerme — Ernest Volnar-Bussel
- Elvira Popescu — Mona Lorenza
- Fernand Charpin — Émile Perrette
- Aimé Clariond — Investigating judge
- Pierre Larquey — Antoine Lancelot
- Marcelle Géniat — Madame Breuilly
- Georges Grey — Gérard Volnar-Bussel
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir — Mademoiselle Eugénie
- Renée Devillers — Madame Forneret
- Denise Grey — Madame Volnar-Bussel
- Francine Bessy — Young dancer
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