Fanfan La Tulipe (1952) Black and White & Colorized

Avec Gérard PHILIPE, Gina LOLLOBRIGIDA, Marcel HERRAND, Noël ROQUEVERT …
Pour échapper au mariage avec une fille de paysans auquel on veut le contraindre, Fanfan s'enfuit de Paris et s'engage dans l'armée française, après qu'Adeline, une diseuse de bonne aventure, lui a prédit une brillante carrière, et même son mariage avec Henriette, la fille du roi Louis XV de France.

Fanfan la Tulipe enlists in the army of King Louis XV to escape being forced into marrying a peasant girl. The recruiting sergeant's daughter, Adeline, pretending to be a gypsy girl, has deceived Fanfan by foretelling that he will marry the King's daughter. It looks as if the false prophesy will come true when Fanfan saves the royal princess when her coach is attacked by bandits. Later, when he becomes tired of army exercises, Fanfan deserts and breaks into the royal palace, determined to see the King's daughter. He is captured and sentenced to death, but pardoned at the last minute. Aware that she is in love with Fanfan, the King summons Adeline to his palace and demands a small gesture of gratitude for sparing his life. Adeline refuses and flees. Furious, the King demands that she be recaptured. Only one man can save her - Fanfan la Tulipe!