Fan-Fan the Tulip

Fan-Fan the Tulip

1952 · 102 min · ★ 6.7 · Romance, Adventure, Comedy, War

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy 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.

Directed by Christian-Jaque · Written by René Wheeler

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