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Fanfan La Tulipe [DVD] [1952]

DVD ~ Gérard Philipe
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  • Actors: Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot, Henri Rollan
  • Directors: Christian-Jaque
  • Writers: Christian-Jaque, Henri Jeanson, René Fallet, René Wheeler
  • Producers: Alexandre Mnouchkine, Francis Cosne, Georges Dancigers
  • Format: Black & White, Colour, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: C'est La Vie
  • DVD Release Date: 24 May 2004
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001XLVMM
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 39,185 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Gerard Philipe buckles his swash as the eponymous hero FANFAN LA TULIPE. A womaniser and swordsman, during the French Reign of Louis XV, Fanfan is being encouraged to marry a recent conquest, a mere peasant girl, but tries his best to get out of it when his future is foretold that he's due to marry to King's daughter. This romantic comedy adventure won Christian-Jaque the 1952 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Director.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rollicking "french" western, 2 Feb 2006
By Paul L. McKaskle (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews
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Gerard Philipe is an amorous peasant who joins the Army to avoid a shotgun wedding. He has been told by a "fortune teller" (Gina Lollabridida) that he is to marry the kings daughter. When the army is encamped near the chateau where the king is staying, he sets off to find the princess to whom he thinks he is destined to wed. Lots of swordplay (including a rescue of Madame de Pompadour from bandits who gives him a silver "tulipe" as a reward, hence Fanfan's moniker) and a horseback chase worthy of the best american westerns. Wonderful humour throughout. One of the best movies I've ever seen and after 50 years of being unavailable, it has finally been released on DVD. Alas, Philipe died a couple of years later at a tragically young age. The DVD is highly recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, 6 Feb 2007
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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Fanfan la Tulipe, in its 1952 Gerard Philippe incarnation, is a highly enjoyable romp that alternates between the bawdy and the witty as it follows the adventures of its marriage-averse hero as he joins the army after Gina Lollabrigida's fake gypsy predicts he will marry the King's daughter as the seven-years Lace War rages pointlessly in the background. It's got energy to spare as it races from one action scene or comic setpiece to another, and while there's nothing particularly original on display, it's done with such enthusiasm it's hard to dislike. It's also the only film I've seen where Lollabrigida plays a genuinely likeable character, and quite charming she is too.

The UK DVD comes with the original black and white version and a surprisingly good colorized version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fanfan wins Adeline and beats his enemies...including Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, 18 Dec 2008
By C. O. DeRiemer (San Antonio, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fanfan La Tulipe [DVD] [1952] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
"Once upon a time there was a charming land called France.... People lived happily then. The women were easy and the men indulged in their favorite pastime: war, the only recreation of kings which the people could enjoy." The war in question was the Seven Year's War, and when it was noticed that there were more corpses of soldiers than soldiers, recruiters were sent out to replenish the ranks.

And so it was that Fanfan (Gerard Philipe), caught tumbling a farmer's daughter in a pile of hay, escapes marriage by enlisting in the Regiment d'Aquitane...but only by first believing his future as foretold by a gypsy, that he will win fame and fortune in His Majesty's uniform and will marry the King's daughter. Alas, Adeline (Gina Lollobrigida) is not a gypsy but the daughter of the regiment's recruiting sergeant.

When Fanfan charges away from the recruits, saber in hand to rescue a carriage under attack, who should be inside but the Marquise de Pompadour and...the King's daughter. He now is convinced he will marry high, despite the extremely low-cut blouses Adeline wears. She, in turn, will soon discover her own love for Fanfan. We're in the middle of an irreverent movie of Fanfan's destiny, the ribald adventures of a sword-fighting scamp and rogue. There are escapes from hangings, swordfights on tile roofs, blundering battles, romantic escapes and more joyous derring do than you can imagine. What Fanfan lacks in polish he makes up for in irreverence and enthusiasm. He's a quick stepping swordsman and a fast-talking lover, but with such naïve belief in his destiny and such an optimistic nature, how can we not like him?

Gerard Philipe was an iconic stage and screen actor (who Francois Truffaut disparaged constantly in the pages of Cahiers du Cinema). He did most of his own stunts. He was handsome, athletic, graceful and charismatic. Men admired him and women dreamed about him. He was dead at 36, seven years after Fanfan, of liver cancer. All of France mourned. Gina Lollobrigida as Adeline holds her own. It's not those low-cut blouses that do her acting. She's sharp, passionate, not quite innocent and no one's fool.

Fanfan la Tulipe just sings along with endless satiric action, pointed situations and good nature. Not to mention amusing, acerbic dialogue. After Adeline has taken steps to save Fanfan from hanging, she meets the king in his private quarters. "Give me your pretty little hand," he says. "But my heart belongs to Fanfan," says Adeline. "Who asks for your heart?" says the king, "All I ask for is a little pleasure." "I'm a proper girl," says Adeline. Says the king, "You owe my esteem to your merits. You love Fanfan? Then thank me. My whims enable you to show the greatest proof of your love, by betraying for his sake the loyalty you have sworn him." Now this is clever, funny stuff.

Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut and the rest of the New Wave gang tended to detest popular movies as mere entertainment (and they personalized their attacks). Fanfan la Tulipe and its director, Christian-Jacques, were among their prime targets. They probably missed the point of Fanfan, which is a very funny satire on the pointlessness of armies and war. How much better it must have seemed to make movies of angst which only fellow cineastes could appreciate. Thank goodness some of them, Truffaut and Chabrol, for example, outgrew this childish condescension and came to recognize that a good movie is a good movie, whether the masses like it or just the cognoscenti. A smart person who enjoys movies can appreciate any, if the movies are well made. Those who condescend to a movie based on its degree of popularity are as self-demeaning as those who brag they've never read Harry Potter.

Jean-Luc Godard, eat your heart out. Viva Fanfan!

This Criterion edition looks good. It has a short video feature on the life of Gerard Philipe. For those who love a good French comic-adventure swashbuckler, you might also enjoy Revenge of the Musketeers (Daughter of d'Artagnan) with Sophie Marceau and Philippe Noiret and Le Bossu with Daniel Auteuil.
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