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Rating:  - King of Hearts
I originally saw this movie at a film festival back in the 80's. I was so happy to find it in DVD form. This movie really touched me both emotionally and philosophically. There is much symbolism in this so I wouldn't recommend for people who don't like that type of thing. It is also subtitled for only about half the movie. Most of this movie is a visual and thinking movie. It is uplifting and heartbreaking at the same time and has that foreign humor. If this is what you like I highly recommend this movie. It is a classic.
Rating: - King of Hearts: The message is in the madness.
Let me add my voice to the chorus of reviews singing praise for Philippe de Broca's King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur). After apprenticing with legendary French film directors Henri Decoin, Claude Chabrol, and François Truffaut, de Broca made eight or nine films in the early Sixties before receiving international acclaim for his 1966 anti-war cult classic, King of Hearts. Set in the small French village of Marville near the end of World War I, the delightfully sweet film explores the insanity of war as Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates), a Clouseau-like Scottish soldier is sent to defuse a bomb left by the retreating German army to annihilate the town. Upon entering the abandoned village, Plumpick unknowingly leaves the door to the insane asylum open, allowing all of the patients leave the asylum and occupy the town. The bewildered soldier then falls for one of the patients, Coquelicot (Geneviève Bujold). As Plumpick attempts to find and disarm the bomb before it destroys their village, the lunatics coronate him their "King of Hearts." Upon its theatrical release the film became an instant hit with the anti-Vietnam war audience, and it's anti-war message remains relevant today.
G. Merritt
Rating:  - Nice film
I like watching it w/ subtitles to try to learn better French. Also good story line and plot. It's meant to make you think about what it really means to be "mad" or "crazy".
Rating: - King of Hearts
This is my favorite movie of all time. When it first came out it was shown at our local movie theatre several times a year and I would always go and see it. I love the characters and how they take over the French town after they are released from an insane asylum. It has English titles in the beginning and then goes to English speaking. The ending is perfect for such a delightful movie.
Rating: - Delightful Classic with Serious Message
"King of Hearts" is full of whimsy and fantasy. But beneath the endearing facade is a very serious antiwar message. There is no question as to who the madmen are. The entire cast of ecccentric characters and the production hold up well after 40 years. It's easy to see why this movie made Alan Bates an instant star.
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