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.
Unfortunately the movie A King Without Distraction is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | François Leterrier | Director |
| Writing | Jean Giono | Writer |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Music |
| Production | Jean Giono | Producer |
| Writing | Jean Giono | Novel |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jean Badal | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Françoise Javet | Editor |
| Editing | Nicole Gauduchon | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Philippe Ancellin | Art Direction |
| Art | Philippe Ancellin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madeleine Nicolas | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jacques Bonpunt | Sound |
