Lilac (1932)

  • NR
  • 02/13/1932 (FR)
  • Crime
  • 1h 30m

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.

Anatole Litvak

Director, Writer

Serge Veber

Writer

Dorothy Farnum

Writer

Cast

Marcelle Romee's headshot

Marcelle Romee

Coeur de Lilas
André Luguet's headshot

André Luguet

André Lucot
Fréhel's headshot

Fréhel

La Douleur
Jean Gabin's headshot

Jean Gabin

Martousse
Lydie Villars's headshot

Lydie Villars

La Crevette
Fordyce's headshot

Fordyce

Mme Darny
Marcel Delaître's headshot

Marcel Delaître

Mr Darny
Georges Paulais's headshot

Georges Paulais

le juge d'instruction

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