Overview

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.

Cast

Gérard Philipe

Fanfan la Tulipe

Gina Lollobrigida

Adeline

Marcel Herrand

Louis XV

Olivier Hussenot

Tranche-Montagne

Noël Roquevert

Fier-à-Bras

Geneviève Page

Marquise de Pompadour

Sylvie Pelayo

Henriette de France

Henri Rollan

Marshal of Estrées

Nerio Bernardi

La Franchise

Jean-Marc Tennberg

Lebel

Lolita De Silva

Lady in waiting

Irene Young

Marion