

King of Hearts
De Broca's Crowning Touch!
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
102 min
Release Date
1966-12-21
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
76
Vote Average
6.9
Alan Bates
Charles Plumpick
Geneviève Bujold
Coquelicot
Pierre Brasseur
General Géranium
Michel Serrault
Monsieur Marcel
Jean-Claude Brialy
Duke of Clover
Adolfo Celi
Schottischer Colonel
Micheline Presle
Madame Eva aka Madame Eglantine
Philippe de Broca
Adolf Hitler
Françoise Christophe
Duchess
Julien Guiomar
Monseigneur Marguerite
Pierre Palau
Alberic
Jacques Balutin
Mac Fish
Pier Paolo Capponi
English officer
Madeleine Clervanne
Brunehaut
Marc Dudicourt
Lieutenant Hamburger
Georges Adet
Madman-doctor (uncredited
Jackie Blanchot
'Le Gabalou' (uncredited)
Robert Blome
Madman (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Bon
Madman (uncredited)
Daniel Boulanger
Colonel Helmut von Krack (uncredited)
Philippe Bruneau
Academician (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Georges Guéret
Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited)
Louis Jojot
Gontrand (uncredited)
Jacques Mauclair
Mayor (uncredited)
Daniel Prévost
General Vallemat (uncredited)
Yves Robert
General Baderna (uncredited)
Sabine Sun
'Mimi la Rose' (uncredited)
Sylvain
'Le suisse' (uncredited)
Eric Vasberg
Soldier with Mac Fish (uncredited)
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