
98 minutes
11/5/1936
After finding and adopting a child, a man gets a job at an all-girls school which doesn't allow families. Once the girls find the baby, they become his forty little mothers. At the same time, the child's true mother searches for him.

Lucien Baroux
as Prosper Martin

Gabrielle Dorziat
as Mme Granval, the director

Pauline Carton
as Mlle Coltilde

Milly Mathis
as Gervaise

Madeleine Robinson
as Denise Mériel, the mother

Jane Pierson
as The manager

Georges Vitray
as Dalbret

Marcel Maupi
as Marius Rabut

Jean Périer
as The priest

Gilbert Gil
as Robert Bourgeon, the father

Marcel Carpentier
as The cook

René Bergeron
as The mechanic

André Siméon
as The drunk

Pierre Juvenet
as The coadjutor
Philippe
as The child

Nane Germon
as Simone
Anne Doria
as Valentine
Wally Carveno
as Geneviève

Claire Gérard
as The seamstress
Elisabeth Aumont
as A student

Aline Debray
May Francine
Liliane Gauthier
Paulette Houry

Léonce Corne
as The junkman (uncredited)
Jenny Carol
as A student (uncredited)

Michèle Morgan
as A student (uncredited)

Jacqueline Pacaud
as A student (uncredited)
Foun-Sen
as A student (uncredited)

Janine Darcey
as (uncredited)
Gary Garland
as (uncredited)

René Lacourt
as (uncredited)
Roger Rosen
as (uncredited)