Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)

Fanfan la Tulipe

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

Date of release
1952-03-20
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (131)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Romance, Adventure, Comedy, War
Director
Christian-Jaque

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Nice
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

Fanfan la Tulipe is a 1952 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque. It has also been categorized under swashbuckler films. The film starred Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida.

Production

The film was photographed in black-and-white by Christian Matras. A colorized version was created (supervised by Sophie Juin for Les Films Ariane) and issued in 2000 on DVD in Europe alongside the original version.

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