Carnival in Flanders

Film

Carnival in Flanders

7.319351h 50mBtlComedyHistoryRomance
France
Age rating
Btl
Director
Jacques Feyder
Year
1935

The Spanish soldiers were not as ruthless as they were depicted

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 like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.

Top cast

Directed by

Jacques Feyder

Written by

Robert A. Stemmle