La Tulipe Noire

• Director: Christian-Jaque
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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Swashbuckler, Costume Adventure
• Themes: Twins and Lookalikes, Double Life, Righting the Wronged
• Main Cast: Alain Delon, Alain Delon, Dawn Addams, Virna Lisi, Akim Tamiroff
• Release Year: 1964
• Country: ES/IT/FR
• Run Time: 110 minutes

Plot

Alain Delon stars as twin brothers in Christian-Jaque's film based on a novel from Alexandre Dumas. Set in 18th century France during rumblings of revolution, Guillaume De Saint-Preux is the legendary Black Tulip, battling for the people against the monarchy. In reality, he is not much more than a self-serving thief who steals from the rich in the name of the people, but keeps it for himself rather than giving to those in need. After his face is scarred to mark him as a bandit, he enlists the aid of his identical twin, Julien, to carry on his work. Unfortunately for him, Julien is a revolutionary at heart and the ensuing events are nowhere close to Guillaume's expectations. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Alain Delon - Julien de Saint Preux
• Dawn Addams - Marquee de Vigogne
• Virna Lisi - Caro
• Akim Tamiroff - Marque de Vigogne

Francis Blanche - Plantin; Robert Manuel - Garsillac; Adolfo Marsillach - Mouche; Georges Rigaud; Laura Valenzuela - Lisette

Credit

Rino Mondellini - Costume Designer, Christian-Jaque - Director, Jacques Desagneaux - Editor, Gerard Calvi - Composer (Music Score), Henri Decaë - Cinematographer, Christian-Jaque - Screenwriter, Henri Jeanson - Screenwriter, Paul Andréota - Screenwriter, Alexandre Dumas - Book Author

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