The Blue Veil (1942)
"Le voile bleu" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Jean Stelli

Writer:

François Campaux

Stars:

Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gaby Morlay	...	Louise Jarraud
Elvire Popesco	...	Mona Lorenza
André Alerme	...	Ernest Volnar-Bussel (as Alerme)
Fernand Charpin	...	Émile Perrette (as Charpin)
Aimé Clariond	...	Le juge d'instruction
Pierre Larquey	...	Antoine Lancelot (as Larquey)
Marcelle Géniat	...	Madame Breuilly
Georges Grey	...	Gérard Volnar-Bussel
Jeanne Fusier-Gir	...	Mademoiselle Eugénie (as Fusier-Gir)
Renée Devillers	...	Madame Forneret
Denise Grey	...	Madame Volnar-Bussel
Francine Bessy	...	La jeune danseuse
Jean Clarieux	...	Henri Forneret
Pierre Jourdan	...	Dominique
Camille Bert	...	Le médecin

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

child abduction | dancer | blunder | foster mother | maternal bonding | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

1 October 1947 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Blue Veil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Compagnie Générale Cinématographique (CGC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 81 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as The Blue Veil (1951)

User Reviews

Le voile bleu or Petain's France.

This melodrama is now dated as hell.It is a mushy movie,a tear-jerker,the French cinema at its kitschest.A woman,who's lost her husband during the war and her son,sacrifices her life to the others' children. Gaby Morlay's nanny is Petainist moral flesh on the bone:woman was born to be a mother and to raise a family or else she's got to be a laywoman-nun.

Around her ,all the families are selfish,bourgeois and they do not care about their children.But this angel on earth,who takes abnegation to new limits,will suffer humiliations,scorn,indifference and ingratitude from the parents whose offspring she loves as her own flesh.

SPOILERSµµµµµµSPOILERS The final with its incredible climax is guaranteed to send the impressionable tearing through an entire box of Kleenex:the poor nurse,in the hospital, is saved by one of her former little boys,now a doctor.For Xmas,the young man gathers all her " children" for a feast and he proudly announces that his old nanny will take care of HIS brats. Curtain.

American remake in 1951,by Curtis Bernardt,Jane Wyman taking on Morlay's part.