Lilac
Crime
Lenguage:90 min
Duration:fr
Release date:Mar 13, 1932
Calificacion:5.4
Description:
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.
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