The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

112 mins | Drama | Nov. 18, 1942

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.

The Blue Veil

112 mins | Drama | Nov. 18, 1942

The Blue Veil
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Compagnie Générale Cinématographique (CGC)
Original title Le Voile bleu
Directors Jean Stelli
Writers

Cast

Gaby Morlay

as Louise Jarraud

André Alerme

as Ernest Volnar-Bussel

Elvira Popescu

as Mona Lorenza

Fernand Charpin

as Émile Perrette

Aimé Clariond

as Investigating judge

Pierre Larquey

as Antoine Lancelot

Marcelle Géniat

as Madame Breuilly

Georges Grey

as Gérard Volnar-Bussel

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Mademoiselle Eugénie

Renée Devillers

as Madame Forneret

Denise Grey

as Madame Volnar-Bussel

Francine Bessy

as Young dancer

Jean Clarieux

as Henri Forneret

Pierre Jourdan

as Dominique

Camille Bert

as Doctor

Noël Roquevert

as Inspector Duval

Marcel Vallée

as Mona Lorenza's impressario

Jean Bobillot

as Julien

Mona Dol

as Head nurse

Camille Guérini

as d'Aubigny

Marthe Mellot

as Gossip

Primerose Perret

as Georgette Volnar-Bucel

Michel de Bonnay

as Pierre Breuilly

Monique Bourdette

as Little girl

Pierre Brulé

as Little boy

Jean Fay

as Foreign impresario

Raymonde La Fontan

as Lotte Lorenza

Odette Barencey

as Gossip (uncredited)

Paul Barge

as (uncredited)

Liliane Bert

as (uncredited)

Paul Demange

as Pons (uncredited)

Luce Fabiole

as Pauline (uncredited)

Michel François

as (uncredited)

Marcelle Monthil

as Gossip (uncredited)

Noëlle Norman

as Madame Berger, director of the placement office (uncredited)

Jacques Ory

as Little boy (uncredited)

Julienne Paroli

as Concierge (uncredited)