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Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fan-Fan the Tulip

Romance · Adventure · Comedy · 1952

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.

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Fan-Fan the Tulip

1952 Romance · Adventure · Comedy 1h 42m

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6.7 / 10

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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. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

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Directed by

Christian-Jaque

Written by

René Wheeler · René Fallet

Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Fanfan la Tulipe

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Adeline

Marcel Herrand

Marcel Herrand

Louis XV

Olivier Hussenot

Olivier Hussenot

Tranche-Montagne

Noël Roquevert

Noël Roquevert

Fier-à-Bras

Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Marquise de Pompadour

Sylvie Pelayo

Sylvie Pelayo

Henriette de France

Court is in session

Put Fan-Fan the Tulip on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.