| Le Roi de cœur (original French title) King of Hearts (United States) | |
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| Directed by | Philippe de Broca |
| Written by | Daniel Boulanger (screenplay) Maurice Bessy (screenwriter) |
| Produced by | Philipe de Broca |
| Starring | Alan Bates Geneviève Bujold |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Edited by | Francoise Javet (II) |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Les Productions Artistes Associés United Artists (United States) |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French, English, German |
| Box office | $580,000[1] |
King of Hearts (original French title: Le Roi de cœur) is a 1966 French/Italian international co-production comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates and Geneviève Bujold.
The film is set in a small town in France near the end of World War I. As the Imperial German Army retreats, they booby trap the whole town to explode. The locals flee and, left to their own devices, a gaggle of cheerful lunatics escape the asylum and take over the town — thoroughly confusing the lone Scottish soldier who has been dispatched to defuse the bomb.
- ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 279