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.
Genre: Crime
Stars: Marcelle Romee, André Luguet, Fréhel, Jean Gabin, Lydie Villars, Fordyce
Crew: Anatole Litvak (Director), Serge Veber (Writer), Dorothy Farnum (Writer), Charles-Henry Hirsch (Theatre Play), Anatole Litvak (Writer), Tristan Bernard (Theatre Play)
Country: France
Language: Français
Studio: Fifra
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 13, 1932
IMDb: 5.6
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