Directed by:
Philippe de BrocaScreenplay:
Daniel BoulangerCinematography:
Pierre LhommeComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy, Geneviève Bujold, Adolfo Celi, Julien Guiomar, Françoise Christophe, Micheline Presle, Michel Serrault, Alan Bates (more)Plots(1)
Bumbling Scottish Private Plumpick (Alan Bates) is sent to a village in the beautiful French countryside during World War I on a suicide mission to detonate explosives set by the retreating German army. The village, soon to be blown sky-high, has been abandoned by its inhabitants and replaced with escapees from the local insane asylum. Now, with the mentally challenged running the town, Plumpick is crowned King! But his new title brings him his first horrible decision: to carry out his deadly mission or join the ranks of the blissfully ignorant who know nothing about war. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Pierre Brasseur
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Jean-Claude Brialy
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Geneviève Bujold
Canada
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Moderns (1988)
Incorrigible (1975)
Adolfo Celi
Italy
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Julien Guiomar
France
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Animal (1977)
My New Partner (1984)
Françoise Christophe
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Michel Serrault
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Big Store (1973)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Alan Bates
UK
Best movies:
The Rose (1979)
Alexis Zorbas (1964)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
Pier Paolo Capponi
Italy
Best movies:
Fiorile (1993)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
Farinelli (1994)
Philippe de Broca
France
Best movies:
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Breathless (1960)
Daniel Prévost
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Little Nicholas (2009)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Yves Robert
France
Best movies:
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Trop c'est trop (1975)
Jacques Balutin
France
Best movies:
Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
The Brain (1969)
Cartouche (1962)
Georges Adet
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Love and Death (1975)
The President (1961)
Daniel Boulanger
France
Best movies:
And Now My Love (1974)
Breathless (1960)
The Discord (1978)
Georges Guéret
Best movies:
Circus Angel (1965)
Borsalino (1970)
Distracted (1970)
Paul Faivre
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The Exchange Student (1967)
Jean-Marie Bon
France
Best movies:
The Angel (1982)
The Sucker (1965)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Madeleine Clervanne
Vietnam
Best movies:
The Annuity (1972)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
Cartouche (1962)