History Film / FanfanLaTulipe

* {{Swashbuckler}}: It is an adventure film set in the 18th century, with a love-story and a lot of [[Swordfight swordfights]].

''Fanfan la Tulipe'' is a 1952 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Gérard Philipe, Creator/GinaLollobrigida and Noël Roquevert.

A [[TheRemake remake]] was released in 2003, starring Creator/VincentPerez, Creator/PenelopeCruz and [[Creator/LesInconnus Didier Bourdon]].

* {{Swashbuckler}}: It is an adventure film set in the 18th century, with a love-story and a lot of sword fights.

* LemonyNarrator: The narrator is very sarcastic. For example in the opening narration, he says that in the 18th century people were happy and men were practicing their favourite sport, war. He also says that the purpose of battles is to produce historical sayings that pupils will have to learn in the future.

* OneManArmy: Fanfan is able to neutralize alone a group of five thieves. Later, after scaping from the prison, he confronts alone the whole garrison of the training camp.

A {{remake}} was released in 2003, starring Creator/VincentPerez, Creator/PenelopeCruz and [[Creator/LesInconnus Didier Bourdon]].

A {{remake}} was released in 2003.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Fier-à-Bras drills the new recruits and he is a sadist. He orders them to do repetitive exercises. Fanfan is soon fed up with it and he stops exercising.

* MilesGloriosus: La Franchise orders his men to hide when he sees a group of thieves attacking a coach, but later, after Fanfan has neutralized the thieves alone, he boasts about killing the thieves.

* OneManArmy: Fanfan is able to neutralize alone a group of thieves. Later, after scaping from the prison, he confronts alone the whole garrison of the training camp.

Fanfan (Philipe) is a womanizer in 18th-century France. The father of a girl he seduced wants to [[ShotgunWedding force him to marry her]]. On the way to the wedding ceremony, a [[HotGypsyWoman gypsy woman]] (Lollobrigida) predicts that Fanfan will have a successful military career and that he will even marry the daughter of the king. Fanfan runs away from the wedding ceremony and joins the army. He soon realizes that the gypsy woman is actually Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting sergeant.

Fafan (Philipe) is a womanizer in 18th-century France. The father of a girl he seduced wants to [[ShotgunWedding force him to marry her]]. On the way to the wedding ceremony, a [[HotGypsyWoman gypsy woman]] (Lollobrigida) predicts that Fanfan will have a successful military career and that he will even marry the daughter of the king. Fanfan runs away from the wedding ceremony and joins the army. He soon realizes that the gypsy woman is actually Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting sergeant.

''Fanfan la Tulipe'' is a 1952 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida and Noël Roquevert.

* HotGypsyWoman: On the way to the wedding ceremony, Fanfan meets a sexy gypsy woman in a low-cut dress (played by Gina Lollobrigida). {{Subverted|Trope}} because she is not a real gypsy woman, she is actually the daughter of the recruiting sergeant.
* MsFanservice: Adeline (played by Gina Lollobrigida) always wears low-cut dresses.