Fan-Fan the Tulip
Fanfan la Tulipe (original)
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.
Starring Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot, Noël Roquevert, Geneviève Page, Sylvie Pelayo, Henri Rollan, Nerio Bernardi, Jean-Marc Tennberg
Watch "Fan-Fan the Tulip" on Criterion Channel released in 1953. It's a romance and comedy movie, and has a rating of 7.2 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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