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The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 18, 1942

Runtime

1h 52m

Genres

Drama

User Score

48%

Original Title

Le Voile bleu

Production Companies

Compagnie Générale Cinématographique (CGC)

Director

Jean Stelli

Description

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.