Beating Heart
7.0
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
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Danielle Darrieux
Arlette
Known for
Persepolis
The Earrings of Madame de...
Sylvain
Le témoin de Roland
Claude Dauphin
Pierre de Rougemont
Known for
Barbarella
Le Plaisir
André Luguet
Count d'Argay, ambassador
Known for
Paris Blues
Junie Astor
Countess Florence d'Argay
Known for
The Lower Depths
Charles Dechamps
Baron Dvorak
Also in
The Game of Love
The New Testament
Roger Blin
(credit only)
Known for
The King and the Mockingbird
Orpheus
Sylvain Itkine
The first thief
Known for
Grand Illusion
The Tale of the Fox
Pierre Feuillère
The second thief
Also in
Dawn Over France
Seven Men, One Woman
Jean Hébey
Ponthus
Known for
Perched on a Tree
Manon
Julien Carette
Yves Calubert
Known for
The Rules of the Game
Grand Illusion
Jean Tissier
Roland Médeville
Known for
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
...And God Created Woman
Henri Decoin Director · Hans Wilhelm Screenplay Max Kolpé Screenplay
First release February 1, 1940 · Produced in France · Original title Battement de cœur
Production
Ciné-Alliance
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Battement de cœur
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 1, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Greece
October 14, 1940 · Limited theatrical · Thessaloniki
Hungary
May 4, 1946 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 29, 1940 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 22, 1940 · Limited theatrical · Den Haag
Portugal
March 23, 1940 · Theatrical
Spain
December 1, 1941 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
December 8, 1941 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
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