Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly effective (you have to take a breath once in a while), so the wife of the burgomaster tries to soften up the invaders with a lavish carnival. So successful is this venture that the Spaniards allow the village to escape being decimated, or even taxed. An award-winner many times over, Carnival in Flanders was banned in Germany; evidently, Goebbels caught on that director Jacques Feyder and scenarists Bernard Zimmer and Charles Spaak were drawing deliberate parallels between the Spanish and the then-burgeoning Nazis.

德国摄影记者菲力浦过着流浪式的生活，有一次被派到美国完成一项采访，但他并没有完成任务。途中与一个神秘的美国女子邂逅之后，无意中成了她那九岁的小女孩的监护人。菲力浦必须带着小爱丽丝穿越德国、帮她寻找奶奶的过程中，互相有了意想不到的了解，故事回避单刀直入，发展充满惊喜，主题的显现极其优雅，让观众慢慢体会美国大众文化对战后欧洲的影响。

19世纪，描写美与丑的文学作品风靡一时。“美”之古怪亮丽，有供人欢愉的脱衣舞会所，有病势严重的私生子，有麻木不仁的上层人士，有父亲之命的婚姻，还有未遂企图的凌辱糟蹋，以及其他。“美”之感情丰富，既有美丽者如真爱，也有残酷者如恐惧与恨。被身处社会上层的爱人无情抛弃之后，可 怜的女人为了支付儿子的医药费，无奈旋舞于众人之前，卖弄色相。受迫于父亲之命，心早有所属的姑娘不得不面对即将于一位年逾古稀者结为夫妻的残酷现实。 摄于1921年，法国马塞尔·莱皮埃导演，片头字幕中特别注明：这是一出“闹剧”，表达了莱皮埃对汤玛斯·英斯那种平凡的轶事式的题材的轻视，他以标新立异的形式讲述了西班牙舞女西比拉的悲剧命运。莱皮埃从法国的印象派画家和美国的格里菲斯以及瑞典的斯约斯特约姆的艺术成果中吸取营养，把特技作为重要的电影表现手段。影片中精练而完美的摄影技巧，使西班牙的户外风景和室内布景协调一致，并对剧情发展到起重要作用。影片还探讨了艺术技巧抒发激情的方法。

Claire Lescot is a famous prima donna. All men want to be loved by her. Among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself... But the story is much less important than the scenery : this movie intended to be a manifesto of the modern decorative arts.