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Fanfan the Tulip. A witty French spoof of the typical movie swashbuckler; with Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida (TIME...
Fanfan the Tulip. A witty French spoof of the typical movie swashbuckler; with Gerard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida (TIME...
Fanfan the Tulip. A witty French spoof of the typical movie swashbuckler; with Gerard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida (TIME...
Fanfan the Tulip (Filmsonor; Lopert Films) is a legendary French hero who, to judge from this picture, was a sort of combination Robin Hood and Roy Rogers. During the reign of Louis XV, Fanfan (Gérard Philipe) has enough romantic adventures for a couple of action movies: he makes love to the king's pretty daughter and to the voluptuous daughter of a recruiting sergeant, rescues the Marquise de Pompadour from highway robbers, escapes from the hangman's noose by the skin of his profile, brings about the surrender of France's enemies on the battle...
With its royalty and rogues, affairs of state and of heart, and conquests military and romantic, Fanfan the Tulip bulges with color. Gerard (Devil in the Flesh) Philipe bounces through the title role with zest, leaping from balconies, rooftops and cliffs with the greatest of ease, riding a white charger to the rescue of fair damsels, besting his enemies with fists, swords and guns and altogether making an entirely likable scamp. As the main object of his affections, Italian Actress Gina Lollobrigida is so shapely that she seems to bulge from the screen in the best 3-D style. Directed...