The Blue Veil

5.9

France

Drama

112 min

1942

Gaby Morlay Mona Dol Camille Guérini Marthe Mellot Primerose Perret Raymonde La Fontan Odette Barencey Liliane Bert Paul Demange Luce Fabiole Marcelle Monthil Noëlle Norman Noël Roquevert Camille Bert André Alerme Elvira Popescu Fernand Charpin Aimé Clariond Pierre Larquey Marcelle Géniat Georges Grey Jeanne Fusier-Gir Renée Devillers Denise Grey Jean Clarieux Julienne Paroli

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.