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Director:
Writers:
Charles Spaak (short story)
Bernard Zimmer (dialogue)
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Release Date:
22 September 1936 (USA) more
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Plot:
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Françoise Rosay ... Cornelia de Witte, Madame la Bourgmestre / Madame Burgomaster
André Alerme ... Korbus de Witte, le bourgmestre / The Burgomaster (as Alerme)
Jean Murat ... Le duc d'Olivarès / The Duke
Louis Jouvet ... Le chapelain / The Priest
Lyne Clevers ... La poissonnière / The Fish-Wife (as Lynne Clevers)
Micheline Cheirel ... Siska
Maryse Wendling ... La boulangère / The Baker's Wife
Ginette Gaubert ... L'aubergiste / The Inn-Keeper's Wife
Marguerite Ducouret ... La femme du brasseur / The Brewer's Wife
Bernard Lancret ... Julien Breughel
Alfred Adam ... Josef Van Meulen, le boucher
Pierre Labry ... L'aubergiste / The Inn-Keeper
Arthur Devère ... Le poissonnier / The Fishmonger (as Arthur Devere)
Marcel Carpentier ... Le boulanger / The Baker
Alexander D'Arcy ... Le capitaine / The Captain (as Alexandre Darcy)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Carnival in Flanders (USA)
A Quermesse Heróica (Portugal) [pt]
Herttua etsii yösijaa (Finland) [fi]
Iroiki parelasis (Greece) [el]
La kermesse eroica (Italy) [it]
La kermesse heroica (Spain) [es]
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Runtime:
110 min | USA:95 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Visa de Censure en France # 2697. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Out of the Celluloid Closet, 5 June 2004
Author: Rheli from Mountain View, California

The women hold a big banquet and all of the Spanish officers are invited. However, one of them is not interested and prefers to stay indoors and do his needlepoint. One of the village men is also not interested so the officer invites him to bring out his knitting. They discuss what kind of stitches to use and the officer opines that a particular stitch feels nicer on the leg.

The scene is perfectly innocent, but how interesting that already in 1935 they had the idea that maybe not all of the soldiers wanted to be seduced by women! And they actually dared to put the scene in! :)

The question of just what the Mayoress has done with the Duke is left unsaid, but probably also would never have passed the Hays Office in Hollywood.

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