Le Roi de coeur
France/Italy
1966 War drama
1h 42min
Original language: French, English, German
Starring Alan Bates as Private Plumpick, a Scottish soldier sent into an abandoned French village to diffuse a bomb left by the retreating German army. There, he meets the residents, all former patients of a nearby psychiatric asylum who've escaped and assumed royal titles. Welcomed as the "King of Hearts", Plumpick is left to weigh the collective insanity of his new friends against the madness of war just outside the town walls.
| Directed by | Philippe de Broca |
| Written by | Daniel Boulanger, Maurice Bessy |
| Company | Lopert Pictures CorporationLopert Pictures CorporationLopert Pictures Corporation |