'TULIP FEVER' PHOTOS
ALICIA VIKANDER & CHRISTOPH WALTZ IN STAR STUDDED MOVIE
Although four long years have passed since it has been shot, period set costume drama TULIP FEVER is only now ready to bloom in cinemas: February 24th will mark the start of its theatre life. It is interesting that its main star Alicia Vikander has in the meantime become one of the most wanted actresses in Hollywood even though she was a relative unknown back when she was cast in the movie instead of Kate Winslet who was the original choice together with Jude Law back in 2004 when the movie was first 
supposed to be made.
LOVE AND TULIPS
The story of the movie is set in Dutch capital city Amsterdam and follows a beautiful young woman (Alicia Vikander) from the 17th century, married to wealthy merchant (Christoph Waltz), who commissions an artist (Dane DeHaan) to paint her portrait. When the artist arrives, she's smitten, and they plan for a future together by putting their money into the highly speculative tulip market, in which certain flower bulbs were worth huge sums.
The story of the movie is set in Dutch capital city Amsterdam and follows a beautiful young woman (Alicia Vikander) from the 17th century, married to wealthy merchant (Christoph Waltz), who commissions an artist (Dane DeHaan) to paint her portrait. When the artist arrives, she's smitten, and they plan for a future together by putting their money into the highly speculative tulip market, in which certain flower bulbs were worth huge sums.
JUDI DENCH ALSO IN THE CAST
This $25 million historical drama, directed by Justin Chadwick (who already shot one costume movie The Other Boleyn Girl but it was a major
flop both among the critics and the audience), is actually a big screen adaptation of beloved worldwide best selling book by Deborah 
Moggach also known for her book These Foolish Things which was adapted into classic Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie. The cast also
includes Judi
Dench who portrays the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan
children. Matthew Morrison appears as drunken bohemian 
artist
Mattheus! Jack O’Connell,
Holliday Grainger, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander round up the stellar cast and
Cressida Bonas plays Mrs. Steen, a merchant’s young wife.
flop both among the critics and the audience), is actually a big screen adaptation of beloved worldwide best selling book by Deborah 
Moggach also known for her book These Foolish Things which was adapted into classic Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie. The cast also
includes Judi
Dench who portrays the Abbess of St. Ursula’s, a rescuer of orphan
children. Matthew Morrison appears as drunken bohemian 
artist
Mattheus! Jack O’Connell,
Holliday Grainger, Kevin McKidd, Tom Hollander round up the stellar cast and
Cressida Bonas plays Mrs. Steen, a merchant’s young wife.
DEZZY'S HISTORY LESSON
Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age in the 1600s during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly
collapsed! At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip
bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled
craftsman. The first tulips came to Europe in 1550s when Ottoman Empire
sultan sent first bulbs to Vienna.Tulips were different from any other
flower known in Europe at that time.
Tulip mania or tulipomania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age in the 1600s during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly
collapsed! At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip
bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled
craftsman. The first tulips came to Europe in 1550s when Ottoman Empire
sultan sent first bulbs to Vienna.Tulips were different from any other
flower known in Europe at that time. 
