Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war be[展开全部]
ReleasedinFranceasLaKermesseHeroique,CarnivalinFlandersissetduringthelong-agowarbetweentheDutchandSpanish.AtinyvillageinFlandersisinvadedbySpanishtroops.ThetownsfolkhaveheardofSpanishcrueltiesinothertowns,anddecidetodeflectthevanquishersbyplayingdead.Thisisn'tterriblyeffective(youhavetotakeabreathonceinawhile),sothewifeoftheburgomastertriestosoftenuptheinvaderswithalavishcarnival.SosuccessfulisthisventurethattheSpaniardsallowthevillagetoescapebeingdecimated,oreventaxed.Anaward-winnermanytimesover,CarnivalinFlanderswasbannedinGermany;evidently,GoebbelscaughtonthatdirectorJacquesFeyderandscenaristsBernardZimmerandCharlesSpaakweredrawingdeliberateparallelsbetweentheSpanishandthethen-burgeoningNazis.[收起部分]