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La Kermesse Héroïque
''Carnival in Flanders'' is a 1935 French historical romantic comedy film directed by Jacques Feyder, and created during the poetic realism period in 1930s France. It is also widely known under its original title in French, ''La Kermesse héroïque''. A German-language version of the film was made simultaneously and was released under the title ''Die klugen Frauen'', featuring Ernst Schiffner in one of his early film roles. Plot In 1616, when Flanders is part of the Hispanic Monarchy, the town of Boom, in the midst of preparations for its carnival, learns that a Spanish duke with his army is on the way to spend the night there. Fearing that this will inevitably result in rape and pillage, the mayor — supported by his town council — has the idea of pretending to be newly dead, in order to avoid receiving the soldiers. But his redoubtable wife Cornelia despises this stratagem and organises the other women to prepare hospitality and to adapt their carnival entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in Cinema of France, French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928. Career Born Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix in Ixelles, Belgium, he was educated at the École régimentaire in Nivelles, and was destined for a military career. At age twenty-five however he moved to Paris where he pursued an interest in acting, first on stage and then in film, adopting the name Jacques Feyder. He joined the Gaumont Film Company and in 1914 he became an assistant director with Gaston Ravel. He started directing films for Gaumont in 1916, but his career was interrupted by service with the Belgian Land Component, Belgian Army from 1917 to 1919 during World War I. After the end of the war, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Empire
The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy (political entity), Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It achieved a global scale, controlling vast portions of the Americas, Africa, various islands in Asia and Oceania, as well as territory in other parts of Europe. It was one of the most powerful empires of the early modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets". At its greatest extent in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Spanish Empire covered , making it one of the List of largest empires, largest empires in history. Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus and continuing for over three centuries, the Spanish Empire would expand across the Caribbean Islands, half of South America, most of Central America and much of North America. In the beginning, Portugal was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Hals
Frans Hals the Elder (, ; ; – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship but citizens liked to decorate their homes with works of art. Hals was highly sought after by wealthy Bourgeoisie, burgher commissioners of individual, married-couple, family, and institutional-group Portrait painting, portraits. He also painted tronies for the general market. There were two quite distinct schools of portraiture in 17th-century Haarlem: the neat (represented, for example, by Verspronck); and a looser, more painterly style at which Frans Hals excelled. Some of Hals's portrait work is characterised by a subdued palette, reflecting the politely serious tones of his fashionable clients' wardrobe. In contrast, the personalities he paints are full of life, typically with a friendly glint in the eye or the glimmer of a smile on the lips. Hals was born at Antwerp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Bruegel The Elder
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder ( , ; ; – 9 September 1569) was among the most significant artists of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaking, printmaker, known for his landscape art, landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called Genre art, genre painting); he was a pioneer in presenting both types of subject as large paintings. He was a formative influence on Dutch Golden Age painting and later painting in general in his innovative choices of subject matter, as one of the first generation of artists to grow up when religious subjects had ceased to be the natural subject matter of painting. He also painted no portraits, the other mainstay of Netherlandish art. After his training and travels to Italy, he returned in 1555 to settle in Antwerp, where he worked mainly as a prolific designer of old master print, prints for the leading publisher of the day. At the end of the 1550s, he made painting his main medium, and all his famous paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Netherlands
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815). The region also included a number of smaller states that were never ruled by Spain or Austria: the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the Imperial Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, the County of Bouillon, the County of Horne and the Princely Abbey of Thorn. The Southern Netherlands comprised most of modern-day Belgium and Luxembourg, small parts of the modern Netherlands and Germany (the Upper Guelders region, as well as the Bitburg area in Germany, then part of Luxembourg), in addition to (until 1678) most of the present Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, and Longwy area in northern France. The (southern) Upper Guelders region consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pension Mimosas
''Pension Mimosas'' is a 1935 French drama film directed by Jacques Feyder. Based on an original scenario by Feyder and Charles Spaak, it is a psychological drama set largely in a small hotel on the Côte d'Azur, and it provided Françoise Rosay with one of the most substantial acting roles of her career. It was produced by the French subsidiary of the German company Tobis Film. Plot 1924. Louise Noblet keeps a small hotel, the Pension Mimosas, on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France, with her husband Gaston who is also a supervisor in local casino. Many of their clientele are luckless gamblers hoping for success in the local casino. Childless themselves, Louise and Gaston have been bringing up the young Pierre while his father serves a prison sentence, but they are dismayed when the father is released early and comes to take back his son. 1934. Pierre, now a young man, is living in Paris among gamblers and gangsters, and he still plays upon the feelings of his former adoptive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander D'Arcy
Alexander D'Arcy (; born Alexandre Sarruf, ; 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian-American actor with an international film repertoire. He often portrayed a suave gentleman or smooth rogue, and at one time was pinned as the natural successor to Rudolph Valentino. Career Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, D'Arcy, variously credited as Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy, appeared in some 45 films, mostly as a suave gentleman or smooth rogue. His first film appearance was in 1927 in ', and he then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's . He went to France, acted in a number of films, then departed for America. In 1936, listed as Joseph Alexandre Fabre – artist, aged 27, race French, nationality Egyptian – he sailed to New York as a first class passenger on the . He eventually left New York for Hollywood where he started by playing supporting roles in several films in the late 1930s, including ', '' Stolen Holiday'', and '' The Awful Truth'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Devère
Arthur Devère (; 24 June 1883 – 23 September 1961) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1956. Selected filmography * ''L'agent Rigolo et son chien policier'' (1913) * ''Flup chasseur'' (1920) * ''L'héritier'' (1921) - Meunier * ''Arthur fait du film'' (1921) * '' The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans'' (1932) - Isidore * '' Take Care of Amelie'' (1932) - Van Putzeboum * ''Jeunes filles en liberté'' (1933) * '' The Guardian Angel'' (1934) - L'aveugle * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) - Le poissonnier / The Fishmonger * ''Martha'' (1936) - Le fermier Plunkett * '' The Terrible Lovers'' (1936) - Le portier de l'hôtel * '' Wolves Between Them'' (1936) - Le garçon du Vaterland * '' A Legionnaire'' (1936) - Vandercleef * '' The Man of the Hour'' (1937) - L'opérateur * '' Widow's Island'' (1937) * '' The Men Without Names'' (1937) - Schumbe, l'ordonnance * '' Miarka'' (1937) * '' Mollenard'' (1938) - Joseph * ''Grisou'' (1938) - Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Adam
Alfred Roger Adam (4 April 1908 – 7 May 1982) was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles. Selected filmography *''Speedway'' (1929) - Doctor (uncredited) *'' La Kermesse Héroïque'' (1935) - Josef Van Meulen, le boucher * '' In the Service of the Tsar'' (1936) - Ossip *'' Life Dances On'' (1937) - Fred *'' People Who Travel'' (1938) - Le médecin (uncredited) *'' La Glu'' (1938) - Raoul *'' Je chante...'' (1938) - Alfred * '' The Duraton Family'' (1939) - Le docteur *'' Sur le Plancher des Vaches'' (1940) - Le journaliste (uncredited) * '' The Chain Breaker'' (1941) - Guillaume * '' The Woman I Loved Most'' (1942) - Charles, le fondé de pouvoir * '' Sideral Cruises'' (1942) - Le décorateur (uncredited) * '' At Your Command, Madame'' (1942) - Ferdinand - le chauffeur de Palureau * '' Home Port'' (1943) - Bertrand *'' Farandole'' (1945) - Le marlou *'' Boule de Suif'' (1945) - Cornudet *'' La Vie de Bohème'' (1945m) - Alexandre S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Lancret
Bernard Lancret (4 September 1912 – 5 September 1983) was a French film actor. He appeared in over thirty films between 1935 and 1956 in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. He played the composer Franz Schubert in the 1940 film '' Sérénade''. He played the painter Julien Breughel in the 1935 film '' Carnival in Flanders''.Grossvogel p.90 Selected filmography * '' The Queen and the Cardinal'' (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) * '' Valse royale'' (1936) * '' The Two Girls'' (1936) * '' The Flame'' (1936) * '' Ménilmontant'' (1936) * '' Wolves Between Them'' (1936) * '' The Secret of Polichinelle'' (1936) * '' The Drunkard'' (1937) * '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) * '' A Man to Kill'' (1937) * '' Maman Colibri'' (1938) * '' The Chess Player'' (1938) * ''Ultimatum'' (1938) * '' Heroes of the Marne'' (1938) * '' Immediate Call'' (1939) * '' Latin Quarter'' (1939) * ''Entente cordiale The Entente Cordiale (; ) comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginette Gaubert
Ginette Gaubert (1904–1987) was a French model and film actress.Goble p.330 She was a competitor in the 1930 Miss France competition. As an actress she mainly in supporting roles during the 1930s. Selected filmography * ''Our Masters, the Servants'' (1930) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' Sailor's Song'' (1932) * '' To the Polls, Citizens'' (1932) * '' Nu comme un ver'' (1933) * ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933) * '' Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''The Imaginary Invalid'' (1934) * ''Last Hour'' (1934) * '' Chansons de Paris'' (1934) * ''Monsieur Sans-Gêne'' (1935) * '' Juanita'' (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' (1935) * ''Bach the Detective'' (1936) * '' L'enfant du Danube'' (1936) * '' La peau d'un autre'' (1937) * '' L'escadrille de la chance'' (1938) * ''Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Entente cordiale'' (1939) * ''Monsieur Vincent ''Monsieur Vincent'' is a 1947 French historical drama film directed by Maurice Cloche, about Vincent de Paul. It received an honorary Academy Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheline Cheirel
Micheline Cheirel (born Micheline Truyen; 12 April 1917 – 25 October 2002) was a 20th-century French actress, active from 1934 to 1947. She was the niece of the actress Jeanne Cheirel. Personal life She married British actor John Loder as his second wife. They were married from 1936 until their divorce in 1941. They had one daughter together. Cheirel appeared in some films made in the United States. In 1951 she married French actor Paul Meurisse. Their union ended in divorce. Filmography * '' Marius et Olive à Paris'' by Jean Epstein : Alberte (1935) * '' Dora Nelson'' by René Guissart : Yvonne de Moreuil (1935) * '' Carnival in Flanders'' ('' La Kermesse héroïque'') by Jacques Feyder : Siska (1935) * '' La belle équipe'' by Julien Duvivier : Huguette, Mario's fiancée (1936) * '' Tarass Boulba'' by Alexis Granowsky (1936) * '' The Ladies in the Green Hats'' by Maurice Cloche : Arlette (1937) * '' Rendez-vous Champs-Elysées'' by Jacques Houssin : Liliane (1937) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
