Herzkönig (1966)
25KHerzkönig: Directed by Philippe de Broca. With Marc Dudicourt, Daniel Boulanger, Paul Faivre, Jacques Mauclair. During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
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