Hertugen Ønsker Natkvarter | La Kermesse héroïque | Carnival in Flanders |
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| Sprog:
Fransk (Dolby Digital Mono)
Undertekst:
Engelsk
Billedeformat:
Fullscreen 1.33:1 (4:3)
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Jacques Feyder's joyfully immoral satire, La Kermesse héroïque (Carnival in Flanders), was greeted with acclaim and controversy on its original release - acclaim at international film festivals where it scooped top prizes, and controversy in Belgium where it caused small riots: some protested about the mocking portrait of Flemish notables whilst others saw in it allusions to the Flemish collaborators during the Germans' occupation of the area during World War I. Some even called it 'Nazi-inspired'.
This tongue-in-cheek farce - an early feminist screen comedy - is set in the early 1600s in a Flemish town which is facing invasion by the Spanish army. The men of the town are spineless and the mayor pretends to be dead, but his rather more courageous and sophisticated wife (played by Feyder's own wife Françoise Rosay) takes control of the situation and by recognising and appealing to the enemy's base needs, she and the town's women avert certain catastrophe.
Feyder succeeds in balancing witty farce and intimate character comedy in lush settings through which he aimed to bring to life the work of such Flemish masters as Vermeer, Hals, Memling and both Brueghels. Art Director Lazare Meerson's recreations of the Flemish town, architecturally precise and scrupulously detailed, and beautiful photography by Harry Stradling combine to make an unforgettable impact. |
Ekstra features:
• Directors Biography
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| Instruktør:
Jacques Feyder
Skuespillere:
Alexander D'Arcy
Alfred Adam
André Alerme
Arthur Devère
Bernard Lancret
Bernard Optal
Claude Sainval
Delphin
Enrico Glori
Francine Bessy
Françoise Rosay
Georges Spanelly
Ginette Gaubert
Jean Murat
Louis Jouvet
Lyne Clevers
Marcel Carpentier
Marguerite Ducouret
Marianne Hardy
Maryse Wendling
Matt Mattox
Micheline Cheirel
Molly Robert
Myrillis
Paul Hartman
Pierre Athon
Pierre Labry
Rafael Medina
Roger Legris
Rolla Norman
Will Dohm
Yvonne Yma
Forfatter:
Bernard Zimmer
Charles Spaak
Jacques Feyder
Robert A. Stemmle
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Tilladt fra 11 år.
