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Fanfan la Tulipe (1952)
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4 May 1953 (USA) morePlot:
Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage and because a gipsy girl predicted... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
subtitles not necessary moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gérard Philipe | ... | Fanfan La Tulipe (as Gérard Philipe du Théatre National Populaire) |
 | Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Adeline La Franchise |
| Marcel Herrand | ... | Louis XV |
| Olivier Hussenot | ... | Tranche-Montagne |
| Henri Rollan | ... | Le maréchal d'Estrée (as Henri Rollan de la Comédie Française) |
| Nerio Bernardi | ... | La Franchise |
| Jean-Marc Tennberg | ... | Lebel (as Jean Marc Tennberg) |
| Geneviève Page | ... | La marquise de Pompadour |
| Sylvie Pelayo | ... | Henriette de France |
| Lolita De Silva | ... | La dame d'honneur (as Lolita de Silva) |
| Irène Young | ... | Marion |
| Georgette Anys | ... | Madame Tranche-Montagne |
| Hennery | ... | Guillot |
| Lucien Callamand | ... | Le maréchal de Brandebourg |
| Gil Delamare | ... | Un soldat |
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102 min | Argentina:99 min | Italy:95 minLanguage:
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Continuity: Fanfan's white trousers get dirty from falling off a horse, but in the next scene they are clean. moreFAQ
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The men can slaver over Lollo, if they like (or her lollos--she gave her name to a slang terms for breasts in French), but the ladies have an even tastier morsel in the divine Gerard Philipe, who is not only beautiful but can act. Don't be deterred if your version has no subtitles because in this simple, dashing story of love and war, in which all is fair, they are not needed. All you need know is that, at the beginning of the film, Lollobrigida reads Philipe's palm and tells him he will marry the daughter of the king. Thereafter the story is quite plain from the Gallic gestures and the running, jumping, and swordplay.
On the minus side, the obviousness of the story and the heavy-handed facetiousness of the tone become somewhat wearying, and it is annoying that the French apparently consider themselves too superior to Hollywood to bother even attempting the plausibility of its exciting stunts. And of course the non-French-speaker misses the occasional bit of ooh-la-la, such as: Virtuous girl: I must tell you that my heart belongs to Fanfan. Seducer: My dear, what made you think I was interested in that bagatelle?