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Cinema and the Great War
WHAT PRICE GLORY (1926)
Live musical accompaniment by Michael Britt
Sun, Jul 27, 1:30
FOUR SONS (1928)
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Sun, Aug 3, 2:00
J’ACCUSE (1919)
Live musical accompaniment by Michael Britt
Sat, Aug 9, 1:15
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF
THE APOCALYPSE (1921)
Live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin
Sun, Aug 17, 1:15
THE BIG PARADE
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Presented with the National Gallery of Art and
screening takes place at the Smithsonian National
Museum of American History
Sat, Aug 23, 2:00
WINGS
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Mon, Sep 1, 5:00
Rare silent version!
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
Live musical accompaniment by Andrew Simpson
Sat, Sep 6, 4:00
WATERLOO BRIDGE (1931)
Sat, Jul 26, 11:00 a.m.; Wed, Jul 30, 7:30
Taking shelter during a London air raid, American soldier-
on-leave Douglass Montgomery (as Kent Douglass) meets
and falls in love with chorus girl Mae Clarke, unaware that
she works as a prostitute to make ends meet. Director James
Whale, himself a WWI vet and the visionary director of
FRANKENSTEIN, imbues this pre-Code classic with both great
sensitivity and matter-of-fact sensuality.
DIR James Whale; SCR Tom Reed;
PROD Carl Laemmle, Jr. US, 1931, b&w, 81 min. NOT RATED
THE ROAD BACK (1937)
Sun, Jul 27, 11:00 a.m.; Tue, Jul 29, 7:00
A group of German WWI veterans tries to adjust to life after
the war. Adapted from the novel by Erich Maria Remarque,
the screenplay is by the prolific Charles Kenyon (THE IRON
HORSE, THE PETRIFIED FOREST) and JOURNEY’S END’s R. C.
Sherriff.
DIR James Whale; SCR Charles Kenyon, R. C. Sherriff, from the novel by Erich Maria
Remarque; PROD Edmund Grainger. US, 1937, b&w, 97 min. NOT RATED
WOODEN CROSSES [Les croix des bois]
Sat, Aug 2, 12:45
Raymond Bernard, best known for his 1934 three-part
adaptation of Victor Hugo’s LES MISÉRABLES, made one of the
definitive WWI movies in 1932 with this portrait of a regiment
made up of men from all walks of life united by a fraternité born
on the front. The film’s striking realism and attention to detail
were achieved by filming on location in the actual battlefields
and trenches where the war took place barely a decade prior.
Footage from the impressive battle sequences was re-used in
numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s, including Howard
Hawks’ excellent but very different remake, THE ROAD TO
GLORY.
DIR/SCR Raymond Bernard; SCR André Lang, from a novel by Roland Dorgelès; PROD
Jules Kruger, René Ribault. France, 1932, b&w, 110 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
HEROES FOR SALE
Sun, Aug 10, 11:15 a.m.; Mon,
Aug 11, 5:15; Wed, Aug 13, 5:15;
Thu, Aug 14, 5:15
One of the most thrilling pre-Code
melodramas, this film follows
working-class hero Richard
Barthelmess as he survives serious
injury in WWI, overcomes
a morphine addiction, faces
unemployment, finds love (with
Loretta Young) and a steady job and
tries to stop a vicious strike mob…
and that's just in the first half! (Note
courtesy of Rochester Labor Film Series.)
DIR William A. Wellman; SCR Robert
Lord, Wilson Mizner; PROD Hal B. Wallis. US, 1933, b&w, 76 min. NOT RATED
FREE Screening!
37 DAYS
Parts 1, 2 and 3
Sun, Aug 10, 4:00
This marathon screening of the three-part BBC miniseries
covers the weeks before World War I, from the assassination
of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28, 1914, to
the United Kingdom declaring war on Germany on August 4,
1914.
DIR Justin Hardy; SCR/PROD Mark Hayhurst; PROD Lucy Bassnett-McGuire; Susan
Horth. UK, 2014, color, 200 min. including two 10-min. intermissions. NOT RATED
55th Anniversary!
THE GREAT WAR [La grande guerra]
Sat, Aug 16, 11:00 a.m.; Mon, Aug 18, 7:00
Desperate to avoid army service, gullible Vittorio Gassman
pays a bribe to smooth-talking Alberto Sordi, whom he next
meets after they both get drafted and sent to the front. Setting
aside their little misunderstanding, the two become friends,
united in their efforts to avoid duty as much as possible. But with
the Austrian army approaching, the two slackers’ mettle will be
tested nonetheless. Comedy maestro Mario Monicelli’s film won
the Golden Lion in Venice.
DIR/SCR Mario Monicelli; SCR Luciano Vincenzoni,
Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli; PROD Dino De Laurentiis. Italy/France, 1959, b&w, 137 min. In
Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
JULES AND JIM [Jules et Jim]
Fri, Aug 15, 5:15; Sat, Aug 16, 5:30; Thu, Aug 21, 7:20
This worldwide smash success catapulted 29-year-old François
Truffaut from New Wave phenomenon to the front line of
international directors. In the classic ménage à trois, best friends
Henri Serre (the French "Jeem") and Oskar Werner (the Austrian
"Jules") alternate in the affections of Jeanne Moreau before,
during and after World War I. Moreau's own analysis of her
greatest role: "She's not immoral; she's absolute."
DIR/SCR/PROD
François Truffaut; SCR Jean Gruault, from the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché. France, 1962, b&w, 105
min. In English, French and German with English subtitles. NOT RATED
MANY WARS AGO [Uomini contro]
Sun, Aug 17, 11:00 a.m.; Wed, Aug 20, 7:20
After being ordered on a series of suicide missions to attack the
superior Austrian forces on the Balkan front, Italian troops mutiny
against their reckless and tyrannical officers. This Vietnam
War-era war picture from political thriller master Francesco Rosi
(HANDS OVER THE CITY, LUCKY LUCIANO) is a powerful
and unflinching indictment of the brutality of war.
DIR/SCR/PROD
Francesco Rosi; SCR Tonino Guerra, Raffaele La Capria, from the novel “Un anno sull’altopiano” by
Emilio Lussu; PROD Marina Cicogna, Luciano Perugia. Italy/Yugoslavia, 1970, color, 100 min. In
Italian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
GALLIPOLI (1981)
Sat, Aug 23, 11:05 a.m.; Wed, Aug 27, 4:45
Australian director Peter Weir (WITNESS, DEAD POETS
SOCIETY, THE TRUMAN SHOW) and star Mel Gibson rose
to international prominence with this chronicle of the hard-fought
and controversial Gallipoli campaign in Turkey, where troops
from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
suffered enormous casualties fighting alongside British, French
and Irish forces against the Ottoman army. The anniversary of
the troops landing on April 25, 1915, is now celebrated by
Australia and New Zealand as ANZAC Day.
DIR/SCR Peter Weir; SCR
David Williamson; PROD Patricia Lovell, Robert Stigwood. Australia, 1981, color, 110 min. RATED PG
THE LONG WAY HOME
[Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915]
Mon, Aug 25, 7:00; Thu, Aug 28, 7:00
At the Battle of Sarikamis in 1915, some 90,000 Ottoman
troops froze to death after an ill-advised offensive against the
Russian army. Seven shattered survivors, soldier and civilian
alike, find themselves huddled around a fire in an Armenian
village. They are desperate to survive but unable to trust one
another, whether because of class divisions, ethnicity or war-
ravaged paranoia and devolve into further bloodshed and
madness. Alphan Eseli’s impressive debut film won a Special
Jury Prize at the 2013 Montreal Film Festival.
DIR/SCR/PROD Alphan
Eseli; SCR Serdar Tantekin; PROD Oguz Peri. Turkey, 2013, color, 115 min. In Turkish with English
subtitles. NOT RATED
FREE Screening!
ROYAL COUSINS AT WAR
Parts 1 and 2
Sun, Aug 24, 7:00
At the outbreak of the First World War, three cousins reigned
over Europe's greatest powers: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia,
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of Britain.
This two-part BBC miniseries looks at the role played by the
three monarchs, and their relationships with each other, in the
outbreak of war, arguing that it is far greater than historians
have traditionally believed. (Note courtesy of BBC.)
DIR/PROD
Richard Sanders. UK, 2014, color, 120 min. NOT RATED
THE BLUE MAX
Fri, Aug 29, 11:00 a.m.; Sat, Aug 30, 1:00; Tue, Sep 2, 3:20;
Thu, Sep 4, 4:00
John Guillermin’s celebrated action picture features some of the
most breathtaking aerial stuntwork ever filmed. Lowly German
infantryman Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) moves up the
ranks to lieutenant and becomes a decorated fighter pilot, but
his crude ambition rankles the sensibilities of the various “vons”
in the privileged officer class. His commanding officer, General
Count von Klugermann (James Mason), tolerates Stachel’s rough
edges, even after he begins an affair with the General’s wife
(Ursula Andress), knowing the soldier’s time in the sun will be
short-lived, and that a hero’s burial awaits him after the inevitable
last mission.
DIR John Guillermin; SCR David Pursall, Jack Seddon, Gerald Hanley, from the
novel by Jack D. Hunter; PROD Christian Ferry. UK, 1966, color, 156 min. NOT RATED
WESTFRONT 1918
Sat, Sep 6, 11:00 a.m.; Sun, Sep 7, 11:00 a.m.
Four German soldiers spend the last months of WWI fighting
on the French front in the first talkie by Austrian filmmaker G.W.
Pabst. Taking full advantage of the new technology, Pabst
created a frightening auditory soundscape of war to accompany
the brutal battle sequences. He crafted a bleak documentary
like tone to accentuate the meaningless and repetitive monotony
of war. “An unknown masterpiece…a World War I movie far
superior to the same year's All Quiet on the Western
Front.” – J. Hoberman, The Village Voice.
DIR G.W. Pabst; SCR Ladislaus
Vajda, based on the novel by Ernst Johannsen. Germany, 1930, b&w, 93 min. NOT RATED
COMRADESHIP [Kameradshaft] (1931)
Sat, Aug 30, 11:05 a.m.; Sun, Aug 31, 11:05 a.m.;
Wed, Sep 3, 5:00, 9:00
Even though the Great War is over, tensions run high in the
towns along the French-German border — some of which
began the war in one country and ended in another. But after
a mining disaster on the French side traps some 600 French
miners below ground, German miners volunteer to aid the French
effort to rescue the men. Directed by silent-era great G. W. Pabst
(PANDORA’S BOX, DIARY OF A LOST GIRL).
DIR G. W. Pabst; SCR Peter
Martin Lampel, Karl Otten, Gerbert Rappaport, Ladislaus Vajda; PROD Seymour Nebenzal. Germany/
France, 1931, b&w, 93 min. In German and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED
REGENERATION aka BEHIND THE LINES
Fri, Sep 12, 5:00; Sat, Sep 13, 11:10 a.m.; Tue, Sep 16, 4:30;
Wed, Sep 17, 4:30
Screen adaptation of Pat Barker’s Man Booker Prize-winning
novel, chronicling the long road to recovery for Great War vets
traumatized by their time at the front and the horrors of war.
With Jonathan Pryce, Jonny Lee Miller, James Wilby and Julian
Fellowes, plus a very young James McAvoy.
DIR Gillies MacKinnon; SCR/
PROD Allan Scott, from the novel by Pat Barker; PROD Peter R. Simpson. UK/Canada, 1997, color,
114 min. RATED R
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
[Un long dimanche de fiançailles]
Sat, Sep 13, 1:30
After her soldier fiancé Clovis Cornillac goes missing in action
under mysterious circumstances during the Battle of the Somme,
determined Audrey Tautou undertakes a daring search for him
herself, in visionary director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s epic WWI
melodrama. With Marion Cotillard, André Dussollier, Jean-
Pierre Darroussin and Jodie Foster.
DIR/SCR/PROD Jean-Pierre Jeunet; SCR
Guillaume Laurant, from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. US/France, 2004, color, 133 min. In
French with English subtitles. RATED R
JOYEUX NOËL
Sun, Sep 14, 11:10 a.m.; Tue, Sep 16, 7:00
Christian Carion’s Oscar®-nominated account of the Christmas
truce in 1914, where German, French and British soldiers set
aside their arms to celebrate a day of peace and brotherhood.
With Diane Kruger, Guillaume Canet, Daniel Brühl, Benno
Fürmann and Ian Richardson.
DIR/SCR Christian Carion; PROD Christophe
Rossignon. France/Germany/UK/Belgium/Romania/Norway, 2005, color, 116 min. In English,
French and German with English subtitles. RATED PG-13
WWI Silent Films
THE LOST SQUADRON
Sat, Aug 9, 11:15 a.m.; Tue, Aug 12, 5:15
Former WWI flyers Richard Dix, Joel McCrea and Robert
Armstrong find work after the war as stunt pilots in Hollywood.
With Mary Astor and Erich von Stroheim, “The Man You Love
to Hate,” as a dictatorial German émigré director.
DIR George
Archainbaud; SCR Dick Grace; PROD David O. Selznick. US, 1932, b&w, 79 min. NOT RATED
Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Courtesy of BBC Films
Courtesy of 20th Century Fox
Courtesy of BBC Films
Courtesy of Janus Films
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
JOYEUX NOËL
ROYAL COUSINS AT WAR
THE blue max
37 DAYS
JULES AND JIM
