Lilac

    Lilac
    1932

    Synopsis

    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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      Cast

      • Marcelle RomeeCoeur de Lilas
      • André LuguetAndré Lucot
      • FréhelLa Douleur
      • Jean GabinMartousse
      • Lydie VillarsLa Crevette
      • FordyceMme Darny
      • Marcel DelaîtreMr Darny
      • Georges Paulaisle juge d'instruction
      • Paul AmiotMerlu
      • Fernandelle garçon d'honneur

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