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Overview:
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, the brave female citizens decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet. (German version of the French film La Kermesse héroïque, 1935.)
Credits
| Françoise Rosay | Cornelia |
| Will Dohm | The Burgomaster |
| Paul Hartmann | The Duke of Olivares |
| Albert Lieven | Painter Johann Breughel |
| Paul Westermeier | The Butcher |
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countrysidebased on novel or bookflanderssocial satire17th centurypopular festivityhispanic monarchy (spanish empire)eighty years' warspanish black legend
