(Christian-Jaque, Italy/France 1952, 105 min., French with subtitles, 35mm)

“A lot of fun! They don’t make ‘em like this anymore!”-A. O. Scott, The New York Times. Heartthrob Gérard Philipe stars as the title character, a lusty peasant and expert duelist who joins Louis XV’s army and finds himself engaged to the king’s daughter after he rescues her from a band of thieves. Trouble is, Fanfan is more attracted to a gypsy fortuneteller (Gina Lollobrigida, in the role that made her an international sex symbol). Both a traditional swashbuckler and a send-up of the sword-wielding genre, this light and funny action comedy has been virtually unseen in its unedited form in the US since the 1950s. New 35mm print with newly translated subtitles!