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King of Hearts

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King of Hearts
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1hr 41min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1966
Director:
Philippe de Broca
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Jean-Claude Brialy  ...more
Synopsis: The French/Italian/British King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur) takes place during World War I, but it might as well have been the Vietnamese conflict so far as its youthful "core" audience was concerned. Overacting outrageously, Adolfo Celi plays British colonel Alexander MacBibenbrook, who orders mild-mannered Scotsman Pvt. Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) to undertake a life-or-death mission in a tiny French village. While evacuating the town, the Germans have left behind a time bomb that will explode ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
A gentle, whimsical anti-war fable, King of Hearts was wildly embraced as a cult favorite in the 1970s. Even at the time, however, there were detractors who felt that the charms of the film were a bit too "soft" to compensate for its flaws. There's certainly validity to this argument, for Hearts definitely has its share of flaws. For one thing, nothing very much happens after the main predicament is ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Alan Bates
Pvt. Charles Plumpick
Geneviève Bujold
Coquelicot
Jean-Claude Brialy
The Duke--Le Duc de Trefle
Julien Guiomar
Bishop Daisy--Monseigneur Marguerite
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