
About the film

countryside based on novel or book flanders social satire 17th century popular festivity hispanic monarchy (spanish empire) eighty years' war spanish black legend
Carnival in Flanders
Release Date: January 15, 1936
Year | : | 1936 |
Slogan | : | «» |
Genres | : | Comedy, History, Romance |
Production Companies | : | Tobis Tonbild Syndikat |
Director | : | Jacques Feyder |
Producers | : | Pierre Guerlais, Hans Nerking |
Writers | : | Charles Spaak, Charles Spaak, Jacques Feyder |
RunTime | : | 102 mins. |
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.)
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