Simultaneously filmed German language version of the French classic La Kermesse Heroique, in which women of a 17th century Flanders town ,after the men have run off, win over the invading Spanish by collaborating and offering hospitality..
Should you watch this? If you like old black-and-white cinema that doesn't feel like a dusty museum piece, give it a shot. It’s funny, sometimes a bit stiff, but genuinely clever. If you hate reading subtitles or need your movies to be packed with high-octane action, you're gonna be bored within ten minutes. This one i...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Jacques Feyder
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"Should you watch this? If you like old black-and-white cinema that doesn't feel like a dusty museum piece, give it a shot. It’s funny, sometimes a bit stiff, but genuinely clever. If you hate reading subtitles or need your movies to be packed with high-octane action, you're gonna be bored within ten minutes. This one is for the folks who like a bit of wit with their period dramas. It’s wild that they shot this version alongside the French original, La Kermesse Héroïque. You can tell they were t..."
Bernard Zimmer, Robert A. Stemmle, Charles Spaak
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