Beating Heart (film)

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Beating Heart
Theatrical release poster
Written byHans Wilhelm
Max Kolpé
Michel Duran (dialogue)
Produced byAndré Paulvé
Gregor Rabinovitch
CinematographyAndré Germain
Robert Lefebvre
Edited byRené Le Hénaff
Music byPaul Misraki
Release date
  • 3 February 1940 (1940-02-03)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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 a foreign ambassador's watch but ends up falling in love with him.

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

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