Lilac

Lilac — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 13, 1932
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Crime
• Director
• Anatole Litvak

Lilac — Cast

Marcelle Romee Coeur de Lilas André Luguet André Lucot Fréhel La Douleur Jean Gabin Martousse

L

Lydie Villars La Crevette

F

Fordyce Mme Darny Marcel Delaître Mr Darny Georges Paulais le juge d'instruction