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Roi de coeur, Le (1966)

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User Rating: 7.1/10 (1,602 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Philippe de Broca
Writers:
Daniel Boulanger (scenario and dialogue)
Maurice Bessy (idea)
Release Date:
19 June 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Comedy | War more
Tagline:
De Broca's Crowning Touch!
Plot:
During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick is chosen to go into the French town... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Subversive Anti-War Fairy Tale more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Pierre Brasseur ... Gen. Geranium
Jean-Claude Brialy ... The Duke
Geneviève Bujold ... Coquelicot
Adolfo Celi ... Col. Alexander MacBibenbrook
Françoise Christophe ... The Duchess
Julien Guiomar ... Bishop Daisy (Monseigneur Marguerite)
Micheline Presle ... Madame Eglantine

Michel Serrault ... Marcel

Alan Bates ... Pvt. Charles Plumpick
Jacques Balutin ... Mac Fish
Palau ... Alberic
Pier Paolo Capponi (as Paolo Capponi)
Madeleine Clervanne ... Brunehaut
Marc Dudicourt ... Lt. Hamburger
Jean Richard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
King of Hearts (USA)
Tutti pazzi meno io (Italy)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French | English | German
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Senlis, Oise, France
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Company:
Fildebroc more

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Trivia:
The Central Square Cinemas in Cambridge, MA is credited with a World's Record for featuring King of Hearts on one screen for five years. Although other sources incorrectly date the showing as being in the late 70's/early 80's, the Cinemas actually closed on April 1, 1980. The movie opened at the Central Square Cinemas on January 10, 1971 and it ran until April 13, 1976. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When soldiers run away from the armored car, the position of the 10 soldiers changes, as well as the position of their dropped weapons. more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Dead End (1985) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Subversive Anti-War Fairy Tale, 10 November 2005
10/10
Author: martin-941 from Germany

Perhaps I am biased because the female lead, Genevieve Bujold (Coquelicot / Poppy) reminds me of a young French girl whom I fell in love with, and then lost, 40 years ago - the very same year that I first saw the film (1966 or early 1967).

But personal memories apart, it is stunning to watch how French director Philippe de Broca managed to fuse hilarious fun and melancholy reflection in a mold that is an incredible mixture. There is fairy tale, commedia dell'arte, circus, slapstick, comedy, romance - and World War I carnage. Among the supporting roles, the cast features some of the foremost French actors of those times; and it is obvious that they enjoyed every bit of it, especially as they put in a number of biting quips along with marvelous cameos.

This is what happens: For one day Private Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) becomes, rather against his will, the mock king of a group of lunatics. This motley crowd have escaped from their asylum and have temporarily taken possession of a deserted town in Northern France between the 1918 front lines. Eventually Plumpick owes it to his lunatic friends that he survives when his Scottish battalion and their German counterpart meet in battle. There seems to be no way out of the madness of war. But don't miss the penultimate scene! (Rumour has it that it was censored in the American version at the time...)

My favorite scene is when young, innocent Coquelicot takes the shortest way from the brothel (well - it's a French film, isn't it?) to the town hall to meet her loved one, the King of Hearts - using two telegraph wires as a tightrope.

Why the film was a flop in its own country, and why neither a DVD or at least a video tape is available in France, I simply do not understand. Is it because only the French speak French but the Scots speak English and the Germans speak German? (Note de Broca himself, very early in the film, in a 5 second cameo as Private Adolf Hitler!) No need to worry - there are subtitles to help you along. Actually the DVD recently on sale in the USA *is* the original French version! Subtitled, and uncensored, to be sure.

I cannot deny that the film does have its shortcomings. The story is somewhat inconsistent, there seem to be goofs galore, continuity is lousy. But then it seems that de Broca had to make do with a lousy budget, too. And what he has created is essentially a dream which opposes to the nightmare of war a vision of humanity. In such dreams inconsistency, goofs and lousy continuity do not really matter. So it is still 10 out of 10.

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