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Fanfan la Tulipe: Directed by Christian-Jaque. With Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot. Swashbuckling adventures of young army recruit Fanfan la Tulipe during the reign of King Louis XV in 18th Century France.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Romance
- Christian-Jaque
- 1953-05-04
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. TIME magazine placed it on its ten-best list for 1953, the only non-English language film to make the list. [2] Plot.
A lazy young man from Paris escapes from a forced marriage to the daughter of a farmer for a career in the French Army.
- Christian-Jaque
- Gina Lollobrigida
O ne of the most popular historical-adventure films made in France, Fanfan la Tulipe is a hugely entertaining melange of swash-buckling adventure, comedy and romance. To watch the recently released re-mastered colour version of the film, it is hard to believe that the film was made in 1952.
- Christian-Jaque
Roguish young peasant Fanfan (Gérard Philipe) escapes being wed to a farm girl when a gypsy, Adeline (Gina Lollobrigida), predicts that he'll find glory in the army,...
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- Gérard Philipe
- Christian-Jaque
- Comedy
Fanfan la Tulipe. Legendary French star Gérard Philipe swashbuckled his way into film history as the peasant soldier Fanfan in Christian-Jaque’s devil-may-care romantic action-comedy.
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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.