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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.
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
Nov 2, 2008 · Starring the überhandsome couple of Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida, it features duels, chases, and low-cut costumes, all shot in glorious black and white by the great cinematographer Christian Matras, who collaborated with Max Ophuls on such classics as La ronde, Le plaisir, and the incomparable The Earrings of Madame de . . .
Lollobrigida appeared in The Wayward Wife (1953) and in Woman of Rome (1954). These were three of her most renowned Italian films, but she worked also in the French industry on such films as Fearless Little Soldier (Fanfan la Tulipe, 1952), Beauties of the Night (Les Belles de nuit, 1952), and Le Grand Jeu (1954).
Philipe is simply brilliant in the role, tackling the numerous swordfights and Henri Jeanson's sparkling dialogue with equal relish. Italian beauty Gina Lollobrigida stars opposite Philipe, giving the film a touch of class whilst no doubt contributing to its international success.
- Christian-Jaque
Jan 21, 2023 · Christian-Jaque cast her as the gypsy girl in Fanfan la Tulipe (1951) and René Clair chose her as one of the stars of Les Belles de Nuit (1952), in both of which the leading man was the new ...
In eighteenth-century France, Fanfan joins King Louis XV’s army to avoid a forced marriage to a local lass and gets himself into close scrapes and tight squeezes with Gina Lollobrigida’s impostor fortune-teller, Adeline, on his way to fighting in the Seven Years’ War.
