Women's Prison (1938 film)

Women's Prison or Women's Prisons (French: Prisons de femmes) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Roger Richebé and starring Viviane Romance, Renée Saint-Cyr and Marguerite Deval.^[1] Based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Francis Carco, it was remade twice as the 1947 Swedish film Two Women and the 1958 French film Women's Prison.^[2][3]

Women's Prison
Directed by	Roger Richebé
Written by	Francis Carco René Jolivet Roger Richebé
Based on	Women's Prison by Francis Carco
Produced by	Roger Richebé
Starring	Viviane Romance Renée Saint-Cyr Marguerite Deval
Cinematography	Jean Isnard
Edited by	Léonide Azar
Music by	Jean Lenoir
Production company	Société des Films Roger Richebé
Distributed by	Paris Cinéma Location
Release date	13 October 1938 (1938-10-13)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

It was made at the Neuilly Studios in Paris with scenes also shot at the Convent of the Ursulines in Montpellier. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. Along with another contemporary film Prison Without Bars it portrayed the female inhabitants with sympathy. Both films were successful at the box office.^[4] Despite its title, only a few scenes take place in prison and it mostly follows a character after she has been released from jail marries an industrialist and attempts to start a new life.

Cast

• Viviane Romance as Régine
• Renée Saint-Cyr as Juliette Régent
• Marguerite Deval as Madame Gaby
• Jean Worms as Max Régent
• Georges Flamant as Dédé
• Lucy Léger as Alice
• Léonce Corne as Le directeur de la prison
• Marcel Delaître as Le commissaire de police
• André Carnège as Le chirurgien
• Henri Pons as L'employé de l'hôpital
• Roland Armontel as Un domestique
• René Bergeron as Monsieur Chevrier
• Renée Ludger as Madame Chevrier
• Marcel Pérès as Le marinier
• Paul Amiot as Le procureur
• Jacques Dumesnil as L'avocat
• Paul Escoffier as Le président des Assises
• Liliane Lesaffre as La surveillante-chef
• Yves Deniaud as Victor
• René Alié as Poloche
• Eddy Debray as L'aumônier de la prison
• Colette Proust as L'infirmière
• Francis Carco as Self