Please note: Further episodes of Fanfan la Tulipe will be presented September 18, 23, 24, and 25. "This irresistable confection of history and fictional romance is no doubt the apogee of a genre popular among French filmgoers of the post-World War I years: the costume serial... The whole is executed with an artistry in camerawork, set and costume design, and performance rarely associated with this kind of mass-audience product. (It tells of the) swashbuckling figure of Fanfan, the young Norman blade who leaves his village to find glory and romance in the elite cavalry regiment of King Louis XV... (The film) takes its inspiration and conventions from the 19th century popular novel, smoothly integrating its imagined heroes and villains into a genuine (and stunningly recreated) historical background, in which figures like Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour acquire a grace and humanity no history book could provide. René Leprince...directed this breathless succession of intrigues, duels, pursuits and treacheries with verve, humor and finesse... The physical production is lush...shot in the royal splendor of the Palace of Versailles and the chateaux of the Loire valley. Aimé Simon-Girard, a matinee idol of the 1920s...still capers with fresh romantic aplomb as the brave and impetuous Fanfan." Lenny Borger, Variety, 10/1/86