Carnival in Flanders (1935)

Original title

Die klugen Frauen

Directed by

Jacques Feyder

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in a 17th century Flemish town, the women take charge when the men panic over an approaching Spanish duke and his army. They throw a festive banquet and outsmart the invaders with charm and wit.

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What happens

Carnival in Flanders is a 1935 French historical romantic comedy film directed by Jacques Feyder, and created during the poetic realism period in 1930s France. It is also widely known under its original title in French, La Kermesse héroïque. A German-language version of the film was made simultaneously and was released under the title Die klugen Frauen, featuring Ernst Schiffner in one of his early film roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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