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The story begins in 1672, with a historic event: the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis, considered rebels against the upcoming stadtholder and the Prince of Orange, William III . The plot takes place while tulip mania grips the Netherlands.
- Alexandre Dumas
- 1850
'To have discovered the black tulip, to have seen it for a moment... then to lose it, to lose it forever!' Cornelius von Baerle, a respectable tulip-grower, lives only to cultivate the elusive black tulip and win a magnificent prize for its creation.
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A film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel, but set in 1789 France, where a bandit named Black Tulip fights against the aristocracy and the police. Starring Alain Delon, Virna Lisi, Dawn Addams and Akim Tamiroff, directed by Christian-Jaque.
- (2.8K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Christian-Jaque
- 1964-02-28
Learn about the historical and literary context, plot, characters, and themes of Alexandre Dumas' novel The Black Tulip. The novel follows a gardener who cultivates a rare black tulip and falls in love with the jailer's daughter.
In June 1789 in the town of Roussillon, aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip.
May 11, 2018 · A classic adventure story set in 17th-century Holland, where a tulip-fancier seeks the rare and mysterious black tulip. The novel explores the themes of politics, love, betrayal, and horticulture in a turbulent time of war and revolution.
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