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Opened: November 30, -0001

Carnival in Flanders - 1952 - New York History , Info & More

Based on the film La Kermesse Heroique by Jacques Feyder.


Screenplay by C. Spaak, J. Feyder and B. Zimmer.

It is 1616 in the town of Flacksenburg in Flanders (a region of modern-day Belgium).When the Spanish army marches into Flacksenburg, the mayor of the town decides to play dead in hopes that the army will leave. Plans become complicated when the head of the army, the Duke, becomes infatuated with the mayor’s wife, Cornelia. The mayor is forced to continue to play dead and watch as the Duke pursues his wife.

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