Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fan-Fan the Tulip

102 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, War | March 20, 1952

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gipsy 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. Fantastic swashbuckling adventures in a 18th century setting, with a light criticism of the war and the mighty.

Fan-Fan the Tulip

102 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, War | March 20, 1952

Fan-Fan the Tulip
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gipsy 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. Fantastic swashbuckling adventures in a 18th century setting, with a light criticism of the war and the mighty.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Filmsonor, Les Films Ariane, Rizzoli Editore, Amato Produzione
Original title Fanfan la Tulipe
Directors Christian-Jaque
Writers René Fallet, René Wheeler

Cast

Gérard Philipe

as Fanfan la Tulipe

Gina Lollobrigida

as Adeline

Marcel Herrand

as Louis XV

Olivier Hussenot

as Tranche-Montagne

Noël Roquevert

as Fier-à-Bras

Geneviève Page

as La marquise de Pompadour

Sylvie Pelayo

as Henriette de France

Henri Rollan

as Maréchal d'Estrées

Nerio Bernardi

as La Franchise

Lolita De Silva

as La dame d'honneur

Irene Young

as Marion

Georgette Anys

as Madame Tranche-Montagne

Hennery

as Guillot

Lucien Callamand

as Le maréchal de Brandebourg

Gil Delamare

as Un soldat

Jackie Blanchot

as Un soldat

Joé Davray

as Un soldat

Gérard Buhr

as Un soldat

Jean Parédès

as Le capitaine de la Houlette

Jean Debucourt

as La voix de l'historien (voice)

Harry-Max

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Guy Henry

as Petit rôle (uncredited)

Françoise Spira

as Petit rôle (uncredited)