The Black Tulip (La Tulip Noir)

Description

From the pen of novelist Alexandre Dumas (“The Count Of Monte Cristo”, “The Three Musketeers”) comes ‘The Black Tulip’, France’s most daring outlaw. One part Zorro and one part Robin Hood. Alain Delon plays the masked swordsman who fights for justice and against the aristocracy during the French Revolution. He has two identities and two women who fall in love with him. Justice is a busy business! It’s 1789 and the French Revolution is in full swing. The aristocracy is oppressive and people live in fear. But a local hero appears in the form of The Black Tulip. To the Marquis of Vigogne (Akim Tamiroff) and the Prince of Grasillach (Robert Manuel) he’s a deadly scourge that must be wiped out. But no matter how hard they try, they fall short! For this man of derring-do has the support of the revolutionaries, the love of a good woman (Virna Lisi) and a very clever ace up his sleeve in the form of a twin brother! Alain Delon makes a perfect masked avenger, alternatively cheeky and bold. He handles the action scenes with great elan and the romantic angle with typical French bravado. The role won him a chance to later play the ultimate swordsman, ‘Zorro’. Virna Lisi and Dawn Adams sparkle as his love interests. This is one swashbuckler that ably mixes comedy and drama to provide maximum on-screen thrills and romance. DVD EXTRA “The Figurehead” - An animated version of the tale of highwayman Dick Turpin