Beating Heart (film)

Beating Heart

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Produced by André Paulvé
Gregor Rabinovitch
Written by Hans Wilhelm
Max Kolpé
Michel Duran (dialogue)
Music by Paul Misraki
Cinematography André Germain
Robert Lefebvre
Editing by René Le Hénaff
Release date(s) February 3, 1940 (1940-02-03)
Running time 97 minutes
Country France
Language French

Beating Heart (French: Battement de coeur) is a 1940 French film directed by Henri Decoin, and starring Danielle Darrieux and Claude Dauphin.

It tells the story of a young woman escaping from reform school, who tries to steal foreign ambassador's watch but falls in love with the diplomat.

The film was remade as Heartbeat (1946), with Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone.

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