Fan-Fan the Tulip

Directed by Christian-Jaque

With Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcel Herrand, Olivier Hussenot and Noël Roquevert

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.