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Carnival in Flanders (1936)

Directed by Jacques Feyder

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. 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.)

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Paul Hartmann | Paul Westermeier | Willem Holsboer | Albert Lieven | Will Dohm | Carsta Löck | Charlott Daudert | Françoise Rosay | Hans Henninger | Trude Marlen | Wolfgang Klein | Heinz Förster-Ludwig | Erika Helmke | Werner Scharf | Maryse Wendling | Paul Walker | Wilhelm Gombert