Lilac

Lilac (1932)

Crime

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.

Director: Anatole Litvak

Casts

	Marcelle Romee as Coeur de Lilas
	André Luguet as André Lucot
	Fréhel as La Douleur
	Jean Gabin as Martousse
	Lydie Villars as La Crevette
	Fordyce as Mme Darny
	Marcel Delaître as Mr Darny
	Georges Paulais as le juge d'instruction
	Paul Amiot as Merlu
	Fernandel as le garçon d'honneur
	Madeleine Guitty as Mme. Charignoul
	Carlotta Conti as Mme. Novion
	Pierre Labry as Charignoul
	Jean-Max as
	René Maupré as
	Georges Pally as
	Edouard Rousseau as

Crew