Lilac
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- Crime
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 13, 1932
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Fifra
- Cast
- Lydie Villars,Fréhel,Georges Pally,Paul Amiot,Fernandel,Jean Gabin,Madeleine Guitty,Marcel Delaître,Carlotta Conti,André Luguetand 7 more
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0021754