Prison Without Bars
A Feature film of
Production year1938
French release18/02/1938
Runtime
1h 38m
Synopsis
In a state correctional institute for teenage girls, Madame Appel, the superintendent, rules with an iron fist. The State appoints thirty-year-old Yvonne to evaluate the situation. The young woman is convinced that the girls should feel wanted rather than be constantly subdued and is accordingly determined to make Madame Appel change her methods of education. On a private level Yvonne is secretly engaged to Guy Maréchal, the doctor serving the institute. Unfortunately for her, the latter starts flirting with Nelly, a beautiful but rebellious inmate. Another prisoner, Renée, who has discovered the romance, blackmails Nelly...
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Compagnie Parisienne de Location de Films (CPLF)
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Arnold Pressburger, Ernest Rupp, Adolphe Osso
- Screenwriters : Hans Wilhelm, Egon Eis
- Dialogue Writer : Henri Jeanson
- Directors of Photography : Claude Renoir, Christian Matras
- Music Composer : Roger Fernay
- Assistant Director : Jacques Rémy
- Editor : Boris Lewin
- Sound Recordist : William-Robert Sivel
- Assistant Operator : Ernest Bourreaud
- Production Designers : Georges Wakhevitch, Maurice Colasson
- Still Photographer : Emmanuel Lowenthal
- Location Manager : Pierre-Léopold Sabas
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Justice, Freedom
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1938
- French release : 18/02/1938
- Runtime : 1 h 38 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 1535
- Visa issue date : 30/09/1942
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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