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Lilac (1932)
Directed by Anatole Litvak
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Marcelle Romee | André Luguet | Fréhel | Jean Gabin | Lydie Villars | Fordyce | Marcel Delaître | Georges Paulais | Paul Amiot | Fernandel | Madeleine Guitty | Carlotta Conti | Pierre Labry | Jean-Max | René Maupré | Georges Pally | Edouard Rousseau