Beating Heart (1940)
1h 37m
Running Time
February 1, 1940Release Date
Plot.
Tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school who tries to steal a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.
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Cast & Crew.
Danielle Darrieux
Arlette
Claude Dauphin
Pierre de Rougemont
André Luguet
Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur
Junie Astor
La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice
Charles Dechamps
Le baron Dvorak
Roger Blin
Actor
Sylvain Itkine
Le premier voleur
Pierre Feuillère
Le second voleur
Jean Hébey
Ponthus
Jean Tissier
Roland Médeville
Julien Carette
Yves Calubert
Henri Decoin
Director
Saturnin Fabre
Aristide
Michel Duran
Writer
Roland Armontel
Firmin
Marguerite de Morlaye
La dame au bal
Max Kolpé
Writer
Hans Wilhelm
Writer
Adolphe Osso
Producer
Dora Doll
La secrétaire
Jean Joffre
Le maire
Gregor Rabinovitch
Producer
Paul Misraki
Composer
Marcelle Monthil
Madame Aristide
Robert Lefebvre
Cinematographer
Geneviève Morel
Marinette - une élève
René Le Hénaff
Editor
André Nicolle
L'inspecteur
Léon Barsacq
ProductionDesigner
Robert Ozanne
L'adjoint au maire
Jean Perrier
ProductionDesigner
Sylvain
Le témoin de Roland
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1940
Original NameBattement de cœur
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Genres
Wiki.
Beating Heart (French: Battement de coeur) is a 1940 French comedy film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Claude Dauphin and André Luguet. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film' sets were designed by the art directors Léon Barsacq and Jean Perrier. It was inspired by the 1939 Italian film Heartbeat. The film was remade in Hollywood as Heartbeat in 1946 starring Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone.