
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).

as Hélène Wilfur

as Pierre Régnier

as Professor Amboise

as Valérie

as Françoise

as Doctor Regnier

as The lab boy

as Yvonne Amboise

as The doctor

as Totoche

as The widow

as Marcel

as Durant Tout Court

as The judge

as The dean

as The Japanese student

as The bookstore

as The Russian



