a fun and charming film and but pretty forgettable . i watch it a the first part of a double feature ( the second film be mildred pierce ) and and i hardly remember a thing about it . the story concern the people of flanders who have to deal with a spanish invasion ( the year be 1616 ) . they be peaceful people and the spanish be not . the mayor and other regent of the city be sure that there will be rape and bloodshed everywhere . most of them want to flee . the mayor wife and the other woman do not like their husband cowardice . they try to think of a way to avoid violence . when the spanish arrive and the men be mostly hide and the mayor be play dead . the woman charm them . the duke of the spaniard be attract to the mayor wife . meanwhile and there a cute little love subplot between an artist and the mayor daughter . her father want her to marry a man of high class and but her mother perfectly love the romantic artist . through the film and she contrive a way for the two to get marry without the mayor approval . there be many good film to search out and watch and but if you think you have see everything else and i guess this be okay to see . positive .