La Kermesse Héroïque (Carnival In Flanders) (1935)
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88% of users liked it
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Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead.… More Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly effective (you have to take a breath once in a while), so the wife of the burgomaster tries to soften up the invaders with a lavish carnival. So successful is this venture that the Spaniards allow the village to escape being decimated, or even taxed. An award-winner many times over, Carnival in Flanders was banned in Germany; evidently, Goebbels caught on that director Jacques Feyder and scenarists Bernard Zimmer and Charles Spaak were drawing deliberate parallels between the Spanish and the then-burgeoning Nazis. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jacques Feyder
- Written By
- Charles Spaak/ Bernard Zimmer
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1935 Wide
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The mock-heroic bagatelle, a risqué undertaking at the time, still shines today with its shrewd commentary on human nature.
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Cast
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Françoise Rosay
as Cornelia the Burgomaster's Wife
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Jean Murat
as Duke d'Olivares
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Louis Jouvet
as The Priest
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André Alerme
as The Burgomaster
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Lyne Clevers
as The Fishwife
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Micheline Cheirel
as Siska
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Maryse Wendling
as The Baker's Wife
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Ginette Gaubert
as The Innkeeper's Wife
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Marguerite Ducouret
as The Brewer's Wife
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Bernard Lancret
as Jan Brueghel
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Alfred Adam
as The Butcher
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Pierre Labry
as The Innkeeper
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Arthur Devère
as The Fishmonger
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Marcel Carpentier
as The Baker
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Alex D'Arcy
as The Captain
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Delphin
as The Dwarf
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Claude Sainval
as 2nd Spanish Lieutenant
