Beating Heart (film)

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