King Of Hearts
starring: Jacques Balutin, Alan Bates, Jackie Blanchot, Robert Blome, Pierre Brasseur
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Product Description:
A Scottish soldier is sent to disarm a bomb in a French village that has been evacuated except for the inmates of an insane asylum. He doesn't realize that all his new friends are mentally unstable until he is crowned King.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. A film that celebrates the innocence and wisdom of the insane, even as it questions who the real madmen are. --Marshall Fine
A Scottish soldier is sent to disarm a bomb in a French village that has been evacuated except for the inmates of an insane asylum. He doesn't realize that all his new friends are mentally unstable until he is crowned King.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. A film that celebrates the innocence and wisdom of the insane, even as it questions who the real madmen are. --Marshall Fine
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - King of Hearts
Without a doubt one of the best movies I have ever seen.I saw it years ago in the 1970's and never forgot it.Highly recommend it to all.
Rating: - High energy, garish chromatics, an autonomous world almost to the end.
I practically found it necessary to get my hands on a copy of this film after acquaintances kept referring to it whenever a discussion of all-time "guilty cinematic pleasures" arose.For much of the film's first half, I confess I was impressed by little else than the kaleidoscopic, richly-saturated colors and non-stop energy in virtually every scene.In describing the film to a newbie, comparisons seem only natural, and yet the film is sufficiently unique to resist them. Think of "Strangelove" ... Read More
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- The Lunatic Asylum Comedy
"October 1918" is the date for this story. German soldiers are planting explosives to destroy the advancing British soldiers when they occupy a French city. The townspeople hurriedly evacuate the town. The British are warned, they will not march into town. Instead Private Plumpick [some pun?] will be sent in to scout the town and defuse the bombs - by himself! [Believable?] Discovered by the Germans, he flees into a building for refuge and safety; it is the local insane asylum. The result of the ... Read More
Rating: - One of the five best movies ever made
Funny, profound. Near perfect! In French, English and German -- with subtitles.Full of deep insights about sex, love, war, madness and society -- all in a charming hilarious wrapper. Watch it with someone you love!
Rating: - an Alan Bates fan
Saw this movie back when I was in college, so it brings back memories. Better than I remembered.
- King of HeartsWithout a doubt one of the best movies I have ever seen.I saw it years ago in the 1970's and never forgot it.Highly recommend it to all.
- High energy, garish chromatics, an autonomous world almost to the end.I practically found it necessary to get my hands on a copy of this film after acquaintances kept referring to it whenever a discussion of all-time "guilty cinematic pleasures" arose.For much of the film's first half, I confess I was impressed by little else than the kaleidoscopic, richly-saturated colors and non-stop energy in virtually every scene.In describing the film to a newbie, comparisons seem only natural, and yet the film is sufficiently unique to resist them. Think of "Strangelove" ... Read More
- The Lunatic Asylum Comedy"October 1918" is the date for this story. German soldiers are planting explosives to destroy the advancing British soldiers when they occupy a French city. The townspeople hurriedly evacuate the town. The British are warned, they will not march into town. Instead Private Plumpick [some pun?] will be sent in to scout the town and defuse the bombs - by himself! [Believable?] Discovered by the Germans, he flees into a building for refuge and safety; it is the local insane asylum. The result of the ... Read More
- One of the five best movies ever madeFunny, profound. Near perfect! In French, English and German -- with subtitles.Full of deep insights about sex, love, war, madness and society -- all in a charming hilarious wrapper. Watch it with someone you love!
- an Alan Bates fanSaw this movie back when I was in college, so it brings back memories. Better than I remembered.
