剧情介绍
ReleasedinFranceasLaKermesseHeroique,CarnivalinFlandersissetduringthelong-agowarbetweentheDutchandSpanish.AtinyvillageinFlandersisinvadedbySpanishtroops.ThetownsfolkhaveheardofSpanishcrueltiesinothertowns,anddecidetodeflectthevanquishersbyplayingdead.Thisisntterriblyeffective(youhavetotakeabreathonceinawhile),sothewifeoftheburgomastertriestosoftenuptheinvaderswithalavishcarnival.SosuccessfulisthisventurethattheSpaniardsallowthevillagetoescapebeingdecimated,oreventaxed.Anaward-winnermanytimesover,CarnivalinFlanderswasbannedinGermany;evidently,GoebbelscaughtonthatdirectorJacquesFeyderandscenaristsBernardZimmerandCharlesSpaakweredrawingdeliberateparallelsbetweentheSpanishandthethen-burgeoningNazis.
