Carnival in Flanders

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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: December 03, 1935

Year	:	1935
Slogan	:	«The Spanish soldiers were not as ruthless as they were depicted»
Genres	:	Comedy, History, Romance
Production Companies	:	Société des films sonores Tobis
Director	:	Jacques Feyder
Producers	:	Pierre Guerlais
Writers	:	Robert A. Stemmle, Charles Spaak, Bernard Zimmer
RunTime	:	110 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 like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.