Beating Heart

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. Synopsis It 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. Cast Danielle Darrieux as Arlette Claude Dauphin as Pierre de Rougemont André Luguet as Le comte d'Argay - l'ambassadeur Junie Astor as La comtesse Florence d'Argay - l'ambassadrice Charles Dechamps as Le baron Dvorak Sylvain Itkine as Le premier voleur Pierre Feuillère as Le second voleur Jean Hébey as Ponthus Julien Carette as Yves Calubert Jean Tissier as Roland Médeville Saturnin Fabre as Monsieur Aristide Roland Armontel as Firmin Marguerite de Morlaye as La dame au bal Dora Doll as La secrétaire Jean Joffre as Le maire Marcelle Monthil as Madame Aristide Geneviève Morel as Marinette - une élève André Nicolle as L'inspecteur Robert Ozanne as L'adjoint au maire Sylvain as Le témoin de Roland References