Movie·1966·1h 42m
King of Hearts
De Broca's Crowning Touch!
Country
France
Language
German
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Le Roi de cœur
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.
Written By
Daniel Boulanger
Producer
Philippe de Broca, Michelle de Broca
Cinematography
Pierre Lhomme
Music
Georges Delerue
Editor
Françoise Javet
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
82 votes
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// cast
Cast
Alan Bates
Charles Plumpick
Geneviève Bujold
Coquelicot
Pierre Brasseur
General Géranium
Michel Serrault
Monsieur Marcel
Jean-Claude Brialy
Duke of Clover
Adolfo Celi
Schottischer Colonel
Micheline Presle
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
Philippe de Broca
Adolf Hitler
Françoise Christophe
Duchess
Julien Guiomar
Monseigneur Marguerite
Pierre Palau
Alberic
Jacques Balutin
Mac Fish
Pier Paolo Capponi
English officer
Madeleine Clervanne
Brunehaut
Marc Dudicourt
Lieutenant Hamburger
Georges Adet
Madman-doctor (uncredited
Jackie Blanchot
'Le Gabalou' (uncredited)
Robert Blome
Madman (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Philippe de Broca
Director, Producer
Daniel Boulanger
Writer
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Françoise Javet
Editor
Michelle de Broca
Producer
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