Le Roi de cœur (1966)
Fin 1918, les Allemands abandonnent Marville après l'avoir piégé en y cachant une bombe. Un soldat britannique, Charles Plumpick, est chargé de localiser la machine infernale et de la désamorcer avant qu'elle n'explose. Sur place, il découvre une cité bien évidemment désertée par ses habitants, à l'exception des pensionnaires de l'asile d'aliénés. Ceux-ci l'accueillent à bras ouverts ; ils reconnaissent en lui - par un rocambolesque concours de circonstances - leur roi (« roi de cœur », cousin du « duc de Trèfle »). Intronisé comme il se doit lors d'une cérémonie officielle à la cathédrale de la ville, Plumpick se laisse séduire par ses nouveaux compagnons, qui ont pour noms, le duc de Trèfle précédemment cité, la duchesse et leurs enfants, le Général Géranium ou monsieur Marcel, mais aussi madame Eglantine et l'une de ses pensionnaires, la jolie Coquelicot. Il n'en oublie pas sa mission pour autant.
Directeur: Philippe de Broca
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Alan Bates as Charles Plumpick |
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Geneviève Bujold as Coquelicot |
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Pierre Brasseur as General Géranium |
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Michel Serrault as Monsieur Marcel |
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Jean-Claude Brialy as Duke of Clover |
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Adolfo Celi as Schottischer Colonel |
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Micheline Presle as Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine |
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Philippe de Broca as Adolf Hitler |
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Françoise Christophe as Duchess |
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Julien Guiomar as Monseigneur Marguerite |
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Pierre Palau as Alberic |
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Jacques Balutin as Mac Fish |
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Pier Paolo Capponi as English officer |
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Madeleine Clervanne as Brunehaut |
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Marc Dudicourt as Lieutenant Hamburger |
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Georges Adet as Madman-doctor (uncredited |
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Jackie Blanchot as 'Le Gabalou' (uncredited) |
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Robert Blome as Madman (uncredited) |
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Jean-Marie Bon as Madman (uncredited) |
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Daniel Boulanger as Colonel Helmut von Krack (uncredited) |
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Philippe Bruneau as Academician (uncredited) |
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Paul Faivre as Hairdresser (uncredited) |
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Georges Guéret as Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited) |
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Louis Jojot as Gontrand (uncredited) |
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Jacques Mauclair as Mayor (uncredited) |
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Daniel Prévost as General Vallemat (uncredited) |
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Yves Robert as General Baderna (uncredited) |
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Sabine Sun as 'Mimi la Rose' (uncredited) |
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Jean Sylvain as 'Le suisse' (uncredited) |
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Eric Vasberg as Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited) |
| Directing | Philippe de Broca | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Boulanger | Writer |
| Camera | Pierre Lhomme | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Françoise Javet | Editor |
| Production | Philippe de Broca | Producer |
| Production | Michelle de Broca | Producer |
| Art | François de Lamothe | Production Design |
| Art | François de Lamothe | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacques Fonteray | Costume Design |
| Production | Gérard Crosnier | Production Manager |
| Production | Jacques Juranville | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Marc Monnet | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jacques Carrère | Sound |
| Camera | François About | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Vincent Rossell | Still Photographer |