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The Black Tulip

Original title: La Tulipe Noire
  • 19641964
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.3K
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The Black Tulip (1964)
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  • Adventure
  • Comedy
In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a rev... Read allIn 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux "plays" this benefactor. When he fought with ... Read allIn 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named "Black Tulip" held the surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood, who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux "plays" this benefactor. When he fought with Mouche, the policeman he was wounded ...
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6.6/10
2.3K
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  • Director
    • Christian-Jaque
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(novel)
    • Paul Andréota(scenario and adaptation)
    • Christian-Jaque(scenario and adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Virna Lisi
    • Dawn Addams
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  • Director
    • Christian-Jaque
  • Writers
    • Alexandre Dumas(novel)
    • Paul Andréota(scenario and adaptation)
    • Christian-Jaque(scenario and adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Virna Lisi
    • Dawn Addams
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Alain Delon and Virna Lisi in The Black Tulip (1964)
    Alain Delon and Virna Lisi in The Black Tulip (1964)
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    Alain Delon and Virna Lisi in The Black Tulip (1964)
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    Alain Delon and Virna Lisi in The Black Tulip (1964)
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    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Julien de Saint Preuxas Julien de Saint Preux…
    Virna Lisi
    Virna Lisi
    • Caroline 'Caro' Plantinas Caroline 'Caro' Plantin
    Dawn Addams
    Dawn Addams
    • La marquise Catherine de Vigogneas La marquise Catherine de Vigogne
    Adolfo Marsillach
    Adolfo Marsillach
    • Baron La Moucheas Baron La Mouche
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Le marquis de Vigogneas Le marquis de Vigogne
    Laura Valenzuela
    • Lisetteas Lisette
    George Rigaud
    George Rigaud
    • L'intendant généralas L'intendant général…
    Francis Blanche
    Francis Blanche
    • Plantinas Plantin
    José Jaspe
    José Jaspe
    • Brignonas Brignon
    Perla Cristal
    Perla Cristal
    José Luis Pellicena
    Enrique Ávila
    Enrique Ávila
    • Un villageoisas Un villageois…
    Álvaro de Luna
    Álvaro de Luna
    Robert Manuel
    Robert Manuel
    • Le prince Alexandre de Grasillach de Morvan Loboas Le prince Alexandre de Grasillach de Morvan Lobo
    Yvan Chiffre
      Lucien Callamand
      • Frontinas Frontin
      Santiago Ontañón
        Rico Lopez
        • Un cavalieras Un cavalier
        • (uncredited)
        • …
        • Director
          • Christian-Jaque
        • Writers
          • Alexandre Dumas(novel)
          • Paul Andréota(scenario and adaptation)
          • Christian-Jaque(scenario and adaptation)
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        • Trivia
          The film bears no resemblance whatsoever with the novel by Alexandre Dumas entitled "The Black Tulip".
        • Connections
          Referenced in Zorro (1975)

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        6/10
        THE BLACK TULIP (Christian-Jaque, 1964) **1/2
        A lesser-known literary creation of Alexandre Dumas Snr. was this Zorro-type masked avenger at the time of the French Revolution who, unlike the contemporaneous The Scarlet Pimpernel, was on the side of the Revolutionaries despite being truly an aristocrat himself! I've never read the source novel myself but, in any case, I'm familiar with the character via a fondly-remembered Japanese animated series that I used to watch on Italian TV as a kid (where the titular hero was actually a girl!). Having said that, it seems that much of the narrative has also been changed for this handsomely-mounted, energetic but disappointingly bland cinematic adaptation.

        Alain Delon – who, ironically, would go on to portray Zorro himself in an equally medium-grade Italian production in 1975 – plays a dual role here as the jaded aristocrat who dons the black costume and as his naïve, younger brother who is forced to keep up the ruse when the latter is facially scarred during a swordfight with his nemesis (Adolfo Marsillach). No self-respecting swashbuckling hero goes by without a gushing female pining for him and, appropriately enough, we get two here in Virna Lisi and Dawn Addams – one for each Delon persona! The fomer ditches her own imminent marriage when she meets cute with the shier Delon and the latter gets it on with the older Delon practically in front of her ageing aristocrat husband, Akim Tamiroff.
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        • Bunuel1976
        • Dec 21, 2008

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        • Release date
          • February 28, 1964 (France)
        • Countries of origin
          • France
          • Italy
          • Spain
        • Language
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Crna lala
        • Filming locations
          • Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
        • Production companies
          • Flora Film
          • Mizar Films
          • Méditerranée Cinéma
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 55 minutes
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.20 : 1

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