Lilac

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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  Anatole Litvak

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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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  Marcel Delaître
  Mr Darny
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  Georges Paulais
  le juge d'instruction
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  Paul Amiot
  Merlu
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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
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  Jean-Max
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  René Maupré
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  Georges Pally
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  Edouard Rousseau