---
title: 'Beating Heart (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henri Decoin'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beating-heart-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031084/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beating Heart (1940)

1940 · 97 min · Comedy · France

Original title: Battement de cœur

## Synopsis

Beating Heart 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henri Decoin](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decoin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Misraki](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-misraki)
- **Producer:** [Gregor Rabinovitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregor-rabinovitch)
- **Editor:** [René Le Hénaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-le-henaff)

## Cast

- [Jean Joffre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-joffre)
- [Jean Sylvain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-sylvain)
- [André Nicolle](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-nicolle)
- [Julien Carette](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-carette)
- [Junie Astor](https://cinepixo.com/people/junie-astor)
- [Sophie Desmarets](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophie-desmarets)
- [Saturnin Fabre](https://cinepixo.com/people/saturnin-fabre)
- [Sylvain Itkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvain-itkine)
- [Roland Armontel](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-armontel)
- [Marguerite de Morlaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-de-morlaye)
- [Jean Hébey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hebey)
- [Charles Dechamps](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dechamps)
- [Pierre Feuillère](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-feuillere)
- [Geneviève Morel](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-morel)
- [Jean Tissier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-tissier)

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