Plot:

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.

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Actors - Crew

Marcelle Romee
Coeur de Lilas

André Luguet
André Lucot

Fréhel
La Douleur

Jean Gabin
Martousse

Lydie Villars
La Crevette

Fordyce
Mme Darny

Anatole Litvak
Director

Serge Veber
Writer

Dorothy Farnum
Writer

Charles-Henry Hirsch
Theatre Play

Tristan Bernard
Theatre Play

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