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King of Hearts
King of Hearts

King of Hearts

De Broca's Crowning Touch!

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ComedyDramaWar

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An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

102 mins

Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

21 December 1966

Country

France

Cast

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

Charles Plumpick

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Coquelicot

Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

General Géranium

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Monsieur Marcel

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Duke of Clover

Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi

Schottischer Colonel

Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine

Philippe de Broca

Philippe de Broca

Adolf Hitler

Françoise Christophe

Françoise Christophe

Duchess

Julien Guiomar

Julien Guiomar

Monseigneur Marguerite

Pierre Palau

Pierre Palau

Alberic

Jacques Balutin

Jacques Balutin

Mac Fish

Pier Paolo Capponi

Pier Paolo Capponi

English officer

Madeleine Clervanne

Madeleine Clervanne

Brunehaut

Marc Dudicourt

Marc Dudicourt

Lieutenant Hamburger

Georges Adet

Georges Adet

Madman-doctor (uncredited

Jackie Blanchot

Jackie Blanchot

'Le Gabalou' (uncredited)

Robert Blome

Robert Blome

Madman (uncredited)

Jean-Marie Bon

Jean-Marie Bon

Madman (uncredited)

Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger

Colonel Helmut von Krack (uncredited)

Philippe Bruneau

Philippe Bruneau

Academician (uncredited)

Paul Faivre

Paul Faivre

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Georges Guéret

Georges Guéret

Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited)

Louis Jojot

Louis Jojot

Gontrand (uncredited)

Jacques Mauclair

Jacques Mauclair

Mayor (uncredited)

Daniel Prévost

Daniel Prévost

General Vallemat (uncredited)

Yves Robert

Yves Robert

General Baderna (uncredited)

Sabine Sun

Sabine Sun

'Mimi la Rose' (uncredited)

Sylvain

Sylvain

'Le suisse' (uncredited)

Eric Vasberg

Eric Vasberg

Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited)

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