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The Municipal Archaeological Museum gardens Castro Enrique Escudero move tomorrow night to XVII century to project the film La Kermesse Franco-German Heroic, director Jacques Feyder.

The date is Thursday 21 July at 21.45 hours, with free entrance until full capacity.

This is a comedy about Spanish rule in Flanders, which begins with the arrival of Spanish troops to a small town in Flanders, causing panic among the local men.

In contrast, women choose to prepare a lavish party to welcome the fearsome Spanish soldiers.

This comedy made ​​in 1935 is the third projection of the cinema that's another story, scheduled by the Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena for Thursday nights in July.

THE HEROIC KERMESSE

Germany Franciade 1935.

Jacques Feyder

Synopsis: This wonderful comedy of Jacques Feyder air vaudeville.

Belgian director takes a historical period, the seventeenth century, and shows the fears of the small town of Boom, in Flanders, at the approach of the Spanish troops, who are loaded with too many good intentions say.

Having regard to the situation, the mayor has an idea that may temporarily calm the desires of pillaging invaders.

It is pretending that he has died while receiving friendly to foreigners, thus, to the grief of the city, they may be respected.

And indeed, at the attitude of the population apparently collaborator, newcomers are not running brutality.

The downside is that the head of the Spanish started the alleged amorous advances towards a widow, which, as you can imagine, does not like the outraged husband.

Moreover, the chaos may serve for the mayor's daughter sees that her relationship with the artist Bruegel, frowned upon by the father, he prospers.

Feyder, master of realistic cinema behind him a long career in silent films, a film was fun and different to what was fashionable then.

And given the best role, that of mayor's wife, his own wife, actress Franà § oise Rosay.

One of the strengths of the film is the scenery, reminiscent of Flemish paintings of the era whose author is the artistic director Lazare Meerson made a true work of art, well attended by the great Alexandre Trauner (later participated in many films Billy Wilder).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena