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Lilac

54 %|Mar 13, 1932|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.

Featured Crew

Anatole Litvak
Director
Serge Veber
Writer
Dorothy Farnum
Writer
Charles-Henry Hirsch
Theatre Play
Anatole Litvak
Writer
Tristan Bernard
Theatre Play

Cast

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Marcelle Romee
Coeur de Lilas
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André Luguet
André Lucot
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Fréhel
La Douleur
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Jean Gabin
Martousse
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Lydie Villars
La Crevette
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Fordyce
Mme Darny
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Georges Paulais
le juge d'instruction
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Fernandel
le garçon d'honneur
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Madeleine Guitty
Mme. Charignoul
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Carlotta Conti
Mme. Novion
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Pierre Labry
Charignoul