A King Without Distraction

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MOVIE

A King Without Distraction

A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man who played the admirable lead role in Robert Bresson's A Man Escaped is a stylized and intense adaptation of a novel by Jean Giono. This police investigation in a 19th century village combines visual beauty with the rigor of the mise-en-scène—the vertigo of the criminal motivations indivisible from the refined graphics of the images.

Original Title

Un roi sans divertissement

Release Date

1963-08-30

Year

1963

Duration

1h 25m

Status

Released

Score

7.80

Cast

Claude Giraud

Claude Giraud

le capitaine Langlois

Colette Renard

Colette Renard

Clara

Charles Vanel

Charles Vanel

le procureur du roi

Albert Rémy

Albert Rémy

le maire

René Blancard

René Blancard

le curé

Pierre Repp

Pierre Repp

Ravanel