King of Hearts (1966)

Name: King of Hearts
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1966
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Michel Serrault, Jean-Claude Brialy

1h 42m France, Italy

Comedy Drama War

Plot

An ornithologist finds himself unwittingly thrust into danger when he is mistaken for a bomb specialist and dispatched to a quaint French village during World War I. Tasked with unraveling a cryptic report from the resistance, he must track down a bomb allegedly planted by retreating German forces, aimed at detonating a weapons cache. As he navigates the town's chaotic atmosphere, his peculiar expertise and outsider's perspective lead to unexpected encounters and revelations, blending humor with the gravity of wartime tensions.

Cast

Alan Bates Geneviève Bujold Pierre Brasseur Michel Serrault Jean-Claude Brialy Adolfo Celi Micheline Presle Philippe de Broca Françoise Christophe Julien Guiomar Pierre Palau Jacques Balutin Pier Paolo Capponi Madeleine Clervanne Marc Dudicourt