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. | ||
Title | : | La Kermesse héroïque |
Release Date | : | 1935-12-03 |
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Production Countries | : | France, |
Production Co. | : | Société des films sonores Tobis |
Genres | : | Comedy, History, Romance, |
Casts | : | Françoise Rosay, Jean Murat, André Alerme, Lyne Clevers, Micheline Cheirel, Maryse Wendling, Ginette Gaubert, Marguerite Ducouret, Louis Jouvet, Bernard Lancret, Alfred Adam, Pierre Labry, Arthur Devère, Marcel Carpentier, Alexander D'Arcy, Claude Sainval, Delphin, Matt Mattox, Roger Legris, Paul Hartman, |
Plot Keywords | : | countryside, based on novel or book, flanders, social satire, 17th century, popular festivity, hispanic monarchy (spanish empire), eighty years' war, spanish black legend, |
Alternative Titles | : | Hertugen ønsker natkvarter Csintalan asszonyok Zwyciężyły kobiety A Quermesse Heróica Herttua etsii yösijaa 女だけの都 Hertugen søker nattkvarter Hertigen önskar nattkvarter The Heroic Fair |