Carnival in Flanders

Carnival in Flanders

La Kermesse héroïque
🎞️ Movie 95 min FR
โ˜… 7.4 /10 1935

The Spanish soldiers were not as ruthless as they were depicted.

When the village of Boom, in Flanders, learns a Spanish Duke and his troops plan to pass the night, the 4-man army deserts and the Mayor plays dead; so the Mayor's wife organizes the townswomen to greet the invaders and preserve the peace with womanly wiles.

Cast

Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay
Cornelia de Witte, Madame la Bourgmestre
Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay
Madame Burgomaster
André Alerme
André Alerme
Korbus de Witte, le bourgmestre
André Alerme
André Alerme
The Burgomaster
Jean Murat
Jean Murat
Le duc d'Olivarès
Jean Murat
Jean Murat
The Duke
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
Le chapelain
Louis Jouvet
Louis Jouvet
The Priest
Lyne Clevers
Lyne Clevers
La poissonnière
Lyne Clevers
Lyne Clevers
The Fish-Wife
Micheline Cheirel
Micheline Cheirel
Siska
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Maryse Wendling
La boulangère
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Maryse Wendling
The Baker's Wife
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Ginette Gaubert
L'aubergiste
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Ginette Gaubert
The Inn-Keeper's Wife
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Marguerite Ducouret
La femme du brasseur
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Marguerite Ducouret
The Brewer's Wife
Bernard Lancret
Bernard Lancret
Julien Breughel
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Louis Beydts
Composer
Harry Stradling Sr.
Harry Stradling Sr.
Cinematographer