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 : January 15, 1936
Runtime : 102m
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