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Roi de coeur, Le (1966) | User Rating
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Release Date
Dec 21, 1966 (France)
Apr 1, 1967 (Italy)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 10, 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 42 minutes
Country France, Italy
Studio Fildebroc Productions, Lopert Films
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Other Titles
• Le Roi de coeur
• Herzkönig (1967)
• King of Hearts
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Genre: War, Drama, Comedy, World War I, Psychos, Suspense, Cult Classic, Mental Institution, Satire, Military, Mistaken Identity
Plot: One of the first films to explore the insanity of war, this 1967 French farce drew a literal connection between the clinically insane and the hawkish mentality of war. The message of director Phillipe de Broca's masterpiece resonated with its Vietnam-era audience and was proclaimed one of the most powerful political statements of the sixties art house scene. KING OF HEARTS takes place at the end of World War I in the French village of Marville. Discovering that a German explosive has been set within its environs, British troops send one of their own, Private Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates), on a reconnaissance mission into the town. There he discovers that the only remaining inhabitants are the patients in a mental hospital who promptly dub Plumpick their lost king. As he tries to lead them out of danger, they take over the town in an exuberant celebration. Despite its strong antiwar stance, KING OF HEARTS is a sweetly comedic work. This is primarily evident in the innocent romance between the bewildered Plumpick and the tender mental patient Coquelicot, played by a radiantly youthful Genevieve Bujold. In French with English subtitles.
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