Le Roi de cœur (original French title) King of Hearts
King of Hearts (original French title: Le Roi de cœur) is a 1966 French/Italian international co-production comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates and Geneviève Bujold.
Plot
In October 1918, as the Great War is ending, a small village in France is awaiting liberation from German occupiers. The retreating Germans wire the automaton clock in the main square to set off a bomb when the mechanical knight strikes the bell at midnight, blowing up the ammunition magazine and the entire town. The town’s barber, an Allied agent, overhears and passes the word of the impending explosion. The residents quickly abandon the town, leaving behind homes, businesses, and the insane asylum. The barber is killed while transmitting to the Allies, only managing to relay that the magazine will blow up when “the knight strikes at midnight.”
Cast
- Adolfo Celi
- Alan Bates
- Daniel Boulanger
- Daniel Prévost
- Éric Vasberg
- Françoise Christophe
- Geneviève Bujold
- Georges Adet
- Georges Géret
- Georges Guéret
- Jacky Blanchot
- Jacques Balutin
- Jacques Mauclair
- Jean-Claude Brialy
- Jean-Marie Bon
- Jean Sylvain
- Julien Guiomar
- Madeleine Clervanne
- Marc Dudicourt
- Michel Serrault
- Micheline Presle
- Palau
- Paul Faivre
- Philippe Bruneau
- Philippe de Broca
- Pier Paolo Capponi
- Pierre Brasseur
- Pierre Palau
- Robert Blome
- Sabine Sun
- Yves Robert
More details
| author | Daniel Boulanger Philippe de Broca |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | France |
| director | Philippe de Broca |
| editor | |
| genre | comedy-drama western |
| keywords | allied allies of world war i automaton bound and gagged brothel madam circus performer clock tower clocktower end fall gag german occupation of france during world war i german occupiers german soldier great war insane asylum kill lunatic asylum magazine morning signaller small village strike survive than the the king war pigeon world war i |
| musicBy | Georges Delerue |
| producer | Philipe de Broca |
| publisher | Les Productions Artistes Associés United Artists |
| theme | war |