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.
as Coeur de Lilas
as André Lucot
as La Douleur
as Martousse
as La Crevette
as Mme Darny
as Mr Darny
as le juge d'instruction
as Merlu
as le garçon d'honneur
as Mme. Charignoul
as Mme. Novion
as Charignoul
