Carnival in Flanders (1936)

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.)

Release Date : Jan 15, 1936

Runtime : 1h 42m

Genre : Comedy  History  Romance  

Companies : Tobis Tonbild Syndikat

Countries : France, Germany

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