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Carnival in Flanders

Name: Carnival in Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder
Genre: Romance, Comedy, History
Released: 1936-01-15T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Françoise Rosay, Will Dohm, Paul Hartmann, Albert Lieven, Paul Westermeier

(Die klugen Frauen)

19361h 42mRomanceComedyHistory

Overview

Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic, the brave female citizens decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet. (German version of the French film La Kermesse héroïque, 1935.)

#countryside #based on novel or book #flanders #social satire #17th century #popular festivity #hispanic monarchy (spanish empire)#eighty years' war #spanish black legend