King of Hearts
Call Number: FREFFK2
Alternate Title: Le roi de coeur
Year: 1966
Director: Philippe de Broca
Duration: 102 mins
Language(s): French
Subtitle Language(s): English
This quirky comedic war film focuses on Scottish soldier Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates), who is sent to a French town on a mission to disarm a bomb left behind by the retreating German army. Plumpick discovers that the area is deserted except for the inmates of the local asylum. The mental patients playfully take over the town and pronounce the soldier their king. While Plumpick is intrigued by the antics of the former inmates, he must stay on task and find the bomb before it detonates.