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King of Hearts

1966 · 102 min

A whimsical, bittersweet anti-war fable where cheerful madness outshines the sane brutality of conflict, leaving a lingering sense of gentle absurdity.

Tagline: De Broca's Crowning Touch!
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.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
war
freedom
identity
found family
Places: small town
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	7
Realism	4
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, war
Directed by: Philippe de Broca
Written by: Daniel Boulanger
Starring: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Michel Serrault, Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Micheline Presle, Philippe de Broca
Music: Georges Delerue
Cinematography: Pierre Lhomme
Runtime: 102 min
Country: France, Italy
Languages: German, French, English

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