La Kermesse héroïque [videorecording - DVD] / a film by Jacques Feyder

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: London : BFI, 2008Description: 1 videodisc (109 mins.) : b&w., sd., ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Scope and content: This tongue-in-cheek farce is set in an early seventeenth century Flemish town facing invasion by the Spanish army. Foreseeing carnage and rape, the mayor plays dead in the hope that the fearsome occupiers will respect the townspeople's mourning and bypass the town. However, his far more courageous and sophisticated wife takes control of the situation and organized the townswomen to greet the invaders and preserve the peace with their womanly wiles
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This tongue-in-cheek farce is set in an early seventeenth century Flemish town facing invasion by the Spanish army. Foreseeing carnage and rape, the mayor plays dead in the hope that the fearsome occupiers will respect the townspeople's mourning and bypass the town. However, his far more courageous and sophisticated wife takes control of the situation and organized the townswomen to greet the invaders and preserve the peace with their womanly wiles

Originally released: 1935

DVD

French with English subtitles

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