Lilac
Cœur de Lilas
Release: 1932-03-13
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 5.6
Crime
Also known as Lilac, this early Anatole Litvak-directed talkie was based on a play by Tristan Bernard and Charles Henry Hirsch. The story bears traces of the Bertold Brecht-Weill piece The Threepenny Opera, with heroine Lilac (Marcelle Romeo) consorting with the criminal scum of Paris. Lilac falls in love with a handsome detective (Andre Luguet), but he doesn't let his emotions stand in the way of his duty, and in the end he reluctantly turns her over to the authorities. At $120,000, Coeur de Lilas was one of the most expensive movies to come out of France in 1931, but it more than made back its cost at the box-office.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Fifra
Cast
Jean Gabin
as Martousse
Georges Paulais
as le juge d'instruction
Paul Amiot
as Merlu
Madeleine Guitty
as Mme. Charignoul
Georges Pally
André Luguet
as André Lucot
Marcel Delaître
as Mr Darny
Marcelle Romee
as Coeur de Lilas
Fréhel
as La Douleur
René Maupré
Fernandel
as le garçon d'honneur
Pierre Labry
as Charignoul
Jean-Max
