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Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques FeyderDirector
- Louis BeydtsOriginal Music Composer
- Robert A. StemmleScreenplay
Cast
- Françoise RosayMadame Burgomaster
- Jean MuratThe Duke of Olivares
- André AlermeThe Burgomaster
- Lyne CleversThe Fishmonger
- Micheline CheirelSiska
- Maryse WendlingThe Baker
- Ginette GaubertThe Innkeeper
- Marguerite DucouretThe Brewer
- Louis JouvetThe Priest
- Bernard LancretJulien Breughel
- Alfred AdamThe Butcher
- Pierre LabryThe Innkeeper
Stills
Themes
countrysidebased on novel or bookflanderssocial satire17th centurypopular festivityhispanic monarchy (spanish empire)eighty years' warspanish black legend