Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Marcelle Romee

Coeur de Lilas

André Luguet

André Lucot

Fréhel

La Douleur

Jean Gabin

Martousse

Marcel Delaître

Mr Darny

Georges Paulais

le juge d'instruction

Paul Amiot

Merlu

Fernandel

le garçon d'honneur

Madeleine Guitty

Mme. Charignoul

Pierre Labry

Charignoul

Jean-Max

René Maupré