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Lilac

54.00% | March 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
Dorothy Farnum
Writer
Charles-Henry Hirsch
Theatre Play
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Cast

Marcelle Romee
Marcelle Romee
Coeur de Lilas
André Luguet
André Luguet
André Lucot
Fréhel
Fréhel
La Douleur
Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin
Martousse
Lydie Villars
Lydie Villars
La Crevette

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