Le roi de coeur (1966)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Philippe de Broca

Writers:

Daniel Boulanger (scenario and dialogue)
Maurice Bessy (idea)

Release Date:

19 June 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | War

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...

Plot Keywords:

French | WWI | Mental Hospital | Anti War | Lunatic

Cast

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
Les Animaux de Jean Richard	...	Themselves
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Georges Adet	...	L'aliéné-docteur (uncredited)
Jackie Blanchot	...	Le Gabalou (uncredited)
Robert Blome	...	Un aliéné (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Bon	...	Un aliéné (uncredited)
Daniel Boulanger	...	Col. Helmut von Krack (uncredited)
Philippe de Broca	...	Le capitaine Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Philippe Bruneau	...	Un académicien (uncredited)
Paul Faivre	...	Le coiffeur (uncredited)
Georges Guéret	...	Le soldat avec Mac Fish (uncredited)
Louis Jojot	...	Gontrand (uncredited)
Jacques Mauclair	...	Le maire (uncredited)
Daniel Prévost	...	Extra (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Yves Robert	...	Le général Baderna (uncredited)
Sabine Sun	...	Mimi la Rose (uncredited)
Sylvain	...	Beadle (Le suisse) (uncredited)
Eric Vasberg	...	Un soldat avec Mac Fish (uncredited)

Directed by
Philippe de Broca

Writing credits
Daniel Boulanger		(scenario and dialogue)
Maurice Bessy		(idea)

Produced by
Philippe de Broca	....	producer
Jacques Juranville	....	producer

Original Music by
Georges Delerue

Cinematography by
Pierre Lhomme

Film Editing by
Françoise Javet

Production Design by
François de Lamothe

Set Decoration by
François de Lamothe

Costume Design by
Jacques Fonteray

Production Management
Gérard Crosnier	....	production manager
Jacques Juranville	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marc Monnet	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jacques Carrère	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Rossell	....	still photographer

Other crew
Jean Richard	....	animal handler

Production Companies

• Fildebroc
• Les Productions Artistes Associés (Paris)
• Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro (Rome)

Distributors

• United Artists (1966) (France) (theatrical)
• United Artists Corporation (1967) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lopert Pictures Corporation (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

King of Hearts (USA)
Tutti pazzi meno io (Italy)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English | German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | USA:Unrated | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Senlis, Oise, France

Company:

Fildebroc

Goofs:

Continuity: When Plumpick is trapped in the wires and hits his head, he is tangled. When he wakes up, he is free of the wires, the posture of his body has changed, and his location in the street has changed.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Dead End (1985)

Great, Charming, Profound

The King of Hearts should be seen by a new generation of viewers now in the

summer of 2004. This is a great fable--which during the 1980s might have

seemed dated, but now is more relevant than ever. It is a great meditation on war. As a movie, the circus-like atmosphere and characters combine to form a grand entertainment. We get seduced by the world of childlike imagination and sense of wonder we see in the inmates. We embrace them. Great

philosophical moments abound--all surrounded by beautiful colors, wonderfully funny moments and a gorgeous music score. The final scene is such a classic-- and takes the audience by such surprise--one goes out of the film absolutely

exhilarated. A funny, charming and ultimately profound film.