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A King Without Distraction (1963)

1h 25m

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A King Without Distraction (1963)

Name: A King Without Distraction
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1963-08-30

1h 25m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Claude Giraud

le capitaine Langlois

Colette Renard

Clara

Charles Vanel

le procureur du roi

Albert Rémy

le maire

René Blancard

le curé

Pierre Repp

Ravanel

François Leterrier

Director

Jean Giono

Writer / Producer / Novel

Maurice Jarre

Music / Original Music Composer

Jean Badal

Director of Photography

Françoise Javet

Editor

Nicole Gauduchon

Assistant Editor

Philippe Ancellin

Art Direction / Production Design

Madeleine Nicolas

Costume Design

Jacques Bonpunt

Sound

Media.

Details.

Release Date
August 30, 1963

Original Name
Un roi sans divertissement

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Filming Locations
Les Hermaux, France

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2023-11-11

Wiki.

A King Without Distraction (French: Un roi sans divertissement) is a 1963 French mystery film directed by François Leterrier, starring Claude Giraud and Colette Renard. The story is set in the winter of 1843 and follows a police captain who investigates the disappearance of several little girls from a village.

The film is based on the novel Un roi sans divertissement by Jean Giono. The title quotes Blaise Pascal, "Qu'on laisse un roi tout seul sans aucune satisfaction des sens, sans aucun soin de l'esprit, sans compagnies et sans divertissements, penser à lui tout à loisir, et l'on verra qu'un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères." (Pensées, 1670, posth.).

It was shot in the village Les Hermaux, on the Aubrac plateau in Aveyron. It was Claude Giraud's first leading role in a film. It was released in France on 30 August 1963.