Comedy ·History ·Romance · France · 1935 · 1h 50m

Carnival in Flanders

La Kermesse héroïque

Director

Cast

Françoise Rosay as Madame Burgomaster Jean Murat as The Duke of Olivares André Alerme as The Burgomaster Lyne Clevers as The Fishmonger Micheline Cheirel as Siska Maryse Wendling as The Baker

Crew

Harry Stradling Sr. — Director of Photography Jacques Brillouin — Editor Louis Beydts — Original Music Composer Robert A. Stemmle — Screenplay Charles Spaak — Novel Lazare Meerson — Production Design

Tagline

The Spanish soldiers were not as ruthless as they were depicted

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

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

Key Collaborators

Jacques Feyder Director Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography Jacques Brillouin Editor Louis Beydts Original Music Composer Robert A. Stemmle Screenplay Charles Spaak Novel Lazare Meerson Production Design

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