Beating Heart - Cast

Beating Heart (1940)
97 min | Comedy, Drama

Beating Heart (1940)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

Danielle Darrieux plays an impoverished reform-school escapee who finds a new lease on life when she enrolls in a school for pickpockets run by Fagin-like Saturnin-Fabre.

Director

Henri Decoin

Writers

Michel Duran (dialogue) | Max Kolpé (screenplay) (as Max Colpet) | Hans Wilhelm (screenplay) (as Jean Villème)

Producers

Adolphe Osso | Gregor Rabinovitch (as Grégor Rabinovitsch)

Composer

Paul Misraki

Cinematographer

Robert Lefebvre

Editor

René Le Hénaff (as Le Henaff)

Production Designers

Léon Barsacq (as Barsacq) | Jean Perrier (as Perrier)

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Updated Feb 1, 1940

Release date

Apr 3, 2023 (United States)

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Danielle Darrieux Arlette Arlette See fewer	8 Women (2002)
Claude Dauphin Pierre de Rougemont Pierre de Rougemont See fewer	Barbarella (1968)
André Luguet Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur See fewer	Le bluffeur (1932)
Junie Astor La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice See fewer	The Lower Depths (1936)
Charles Dechamps Le baron Dvorak Le baron Dvorak See fewer	The New Testament (1936)
Roger Blin Actor (credit only) Actor (credit only) See fewer	Les compagnons de Baal (1968)
Sylvain Itkine Le premier voleur Le premier voleur See fewer	The Grand Illusion (1937)
Pierre Feuillère Le second voleur Le second voleur See fewer	Seven Men, One Woman (1936)
Jean Hébey Ponthus Ponthus See fewer	Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées (1938)
Julien Carette Yves Calubert (as Carette) Yves Calubert (as Carette) See fewer	The Rules of the Game (1939)
Jean Tissier Roland Médeville Roland Médeville See fewer	Gigi (1949)
Saturnin Fabre Monsieur Aristide Monsieur Aristide See fewer	Pépé le Moko (1937)
Roland Armontel Firmin (uncredited) Firmin (uncredited) See fewer	La dame aux camélias (1934)
Marguerite de Morlaye La dame au bal (uncredited) La dame au bal (uncredited) See fewer	The Awakening (1925)
Sophie Desmarets Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited) See fewer	The Captain (1946)
Dora Doll La secrétaire (uncredited) La secrétaire (uncredited) See fewer	Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Joffre Le maire (uncredited) Le maire (uncredited) See fewer	The Count of Monte Cristo (1943)
Jacques Mavel Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	Ce soir on tue (1959)
Marcelle Monthil Madame Aristide (uncredited) Madame Aristide (uncredited) See fewer	Three Musketeers (1932)
Geneviève Morel Marinette - une élève (uncredited) Marinette - une élève (uncredited) See fewer	Dr. Knock (1951)
André Nicolle L'inspecteur (uncredited) L'inspecteur (uncredited) See fewer	Mermoz (1943)
Robert Ozanne L'adjoint au maire (uncredited) L'adjoint au maire (uncredited) See fewer	Three Musketeers (1932)
Max Révol Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer	Twilight (1944)
Sylvain Le témoin de Roland (uncredited) Le témoin de Roland (uncredited) See fewer	Dr. Knock (1951)