Comedy ·Drama ·War · France · 1966 · 1h 42m

King of Hearts

Le Roi de cœur

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Director
Philippe de Broca
Cast
Alan Bates as Charles Plumpick Geneviève Bujold as Coquelicot Pierre Brasseur as General Géranium Michel Serrault as Monsieur Marcel Jean-Claude Brialy as Duke of Clover Adolfo Celi as Schottischer Colonel
Crew
Pierre Lhomme — Director of Photography Françoise Javet — Editor Georges Delerue — Original Music Composer Daniel Boulanger — Writer Philippe de Broca — Producer Michelle de Broca — Producer
Tagline

De Broca's Crowning Touch!

Synopsis

An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.

Trailer King of Hearts — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
world war iasylumtime bombornithologist
Key Collaborators
Philippe de Broca Director Pierre Lhomme Director of Photography Françoise Javet Editor Georges Delerue Original Music Composer Daniel Boulanger Writer Philippe de Broca Producer Michelle de Broca Producer François de Lamothe Production Design Jacques Fonteray Costume Design
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