Carnival in Flanders (1936)
1h 42m
Running Time
January 15, 1936Release Date
Carnival in Flanders (1936)
1h 42m
Running Time
January 15, 1936Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Françoise Rosay
Cornelia
Will Dohm
The Burgomaster
Paul Hartmann
The Duke of Olivares
Albert Lieven
Painter Johann Breughel
Paul Westermeier
The Butcher
Charlott Daudert
Siska
Heinz Förster-Ludwig
The Baker
Erika Helmke
The Baker's Wife
Hans Henninger
The Fishmonger
Carsta Löck
The Fishmonger's Wife
Wilhelm Gombert
The Innkeeper
Trude Marlen
The Innkeeper's Wife
Willem Holsboer
The Priest
Robert A. Stemmle
Writer
Werner Scharf
1st Spanish Officer
Bernard Zimmer
Writer
Details.
Release DateJanuary 15, 1936
Original NameDie klugen Frauen
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Filming LocationsParis, France · Bruges, Belgium
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
countryside
based on novel or book
flanders
social satire
17th century
popular festivity
spanish empire
eighty years' war
black legend
Wiki.
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. A German-language version of the film was made simultaneously and was released under the title Die klugen Frauen, featuring Ernst Schiffner in one of his early film roles.