Hélène (film)

Hélène is a 1936 French drama film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean-Louis Barrault and Constant Rémy.

[1] It is based on the 1928 novel Helene Willfüer, Student of Chemistry by Vicki Baum, which had previously been adapted into a 1930 German film of the same title.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

Hélène Wilfur is a gifted medical student under the teaching of Professor Amboise.

She attracts the attention of fellow student Pierre, but ultimately dedicates herself to her research with Amboise.