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Carnival in Flanders is a 1935 French historical romantic comedy film directed by Jacques Feyder, and created during the poetic realism period in 1930s France. It is also widely known under its original title in French, La Kermesse héroïque.
Carnival in Flanders is a musical with a book by Preston Sturges, lyrics by Johnny Burke, and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Based on the 1934 French comedy film La Kermesse Héroïque, it is set in 1616 in the small Flemish village of Flackenburg, where a Spanish duke and his entourage descend upon the community.
When citizens of a small Flemish town under the occupation of Spain discover that Spanish soldiers, led by a prominent duke (Jean Murat), will be staying overnight in their hamlet, panic ensues in...
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- Films Sonores Tobis
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Brief Synopsis. When a village's men flee, the women are left to cope with Spanish invaders.
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.
May 17, 2004 · Men are cowardly lions and women are cunning minxes in this little-seen French farce about the Spanish invasion of Flanders in the 17th century.
Mar 31, 2018 · La Kermesse héroïque (1935) AKA Carnival in Flanders. 4.3. ( 14) In 1616, a Flemish town is thrown into turmoil by news that the Spanish army will arrive within an hour. The cowardly men are of no help, so the women hatch a plan to avoid violence by charming the occupiers with their feminine wiles. Director: Jacques Feyder.
