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King of Hearts
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King of Hearts

Dec 21, 1966
1h 42m
★ 6.9

De Broca's Crowning Touch!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy
Drama
War

Production Companies

Fildebroc
Les Productions Artistes Associés
Compagnia Cinematografica Montoro

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Cast

Alan Bates

Charles Plumpick

Alan Bates

Geneviève Bujold

Coquelicot

Geneviève Bujold

Pierre Brasseur

General Géranium

Pierre Brasseur

Michel Serrault

Monsieur Marcel

Michel Serrault

Jean-Claude Brialy

Duke of Clover

Jean-Claude Brialy

Adolfo Celi

Schottischer Colonel

Adolfo Celi

Micheline Presle

Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine

Micheline Presle

Philippe de Broca

Adolf Hitler

Philippe de Broca

Françoise Christophe

Duchess

Françoise Christophe

Julien Guiomar

Monseigneur Marguerite

Julien Guiomar

Pierre Palau

Alberic

Pierre Palau

Jacques Balutin

Mac Fish

Jacques Balutin

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