Hopefully, by now we've all figured out that war is not only hell, it's insanity. "The King of Hearts" does a great job showing that. In WWI, the residents of a French village have fled, leaving the village empty. Now, both the English and German armies are looking to take over. So, the British general sends Pvt. Charles Plumpick (Alan Bates) into town to investigate, and Plumpick finds that the people from the insane asylum have taken over. They don't even know that the war has been going on! But the final scene shows definitively that the "insane" people are not as insane as the people commanding the war.
Everyone in the movie just does a great job. Alan Bates is in top-notch form, as always, and we do have to ask ourselves: Is the real insanity inside or outside the asylum?
Everyone in the movie just does a great job. Alan Bates is in top-notch form, as always, and we do have to ask ourselves: Is the real insanity inside or outside the asylum?