Directed by:
Philippe de BrocaScreenplay:
Daniel BoulangerCinematography:
Pierre LhommeComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Geneviève Bujold, Adolfo Celi, Julien Guiomar, Françoise Christophe, Micheline Presle, Michel Serrault, Alan Bates (more)Plots(1)
During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) is chosen to go into the French town of Marville and disconnect a bomb that the German army has planted. However, Charles is chased by some Germans and finds himself holed up at the local insane asylum, where the inmates are convinced that he is the "King of Hearts". Feeling obligated to help the inmates, Charles attempts to lead them out of town, but they are afraid to leave and frolic about the streets in gay costumes. Will Charles be able to deactivate the bomb in time and save his newfound friends? (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Pierre Brasseur
France
Best movies:
The Carmelites (1960)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
Jean-Claude Brialy
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Geneviève Bujold
Canada
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Moderns (1988)
Incorrigible (1975)
Adolfo Celi
Italy
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Julien Guiomar
France
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Animal (1977)
My New Partner (1984)
Françoise Christophe
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Villa Borghese (1953)
Michel Serrault
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Big Store (1973)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Pier Paolo Capponi
Italy
Best movies:
Fiorile (1993)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Farinelli (1994)
Philippe de Broca
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Daniel Prévost
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Little Nicholas (2009)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Yves Robert
France
Best movies:
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Jacques Balutin
France
Best movies:
Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
The Brain (1969)
Swords of Blood (1962)
Georges Adet
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Love and Death (1975)
The President (1961)
Daniel Boulanger
France
Best movies:
And Now My Love (1974)
Breathless (1960)
The Discord (1978)
Georges Guéret
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Borsalino (1970)
Distracted (1970)
Paul Faivre
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Jean-Marie Bon
France
Best movies:
The Angel (1982)
The Sucker (1965)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Madeleine Clervanne
Vietnam
Best movies:
The Annuity (1972)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
Swords of Blood (1962)