Beating Heart
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henri Decoin
Written by	Hans Wilhelm Max Kolpé Michel Duran
Produced by	André Paulvé Gregor Rabinovitch
Starring	Danielle Darrieux Claude Dauphin André Luguet
Cinematography	André Germain Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	René Le Hénaff
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production company	Ciné-Alliance
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	3 February 1940 (1940-02-03)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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.^[1]

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