49th Parallel (1940) - Refugees in Black and White Series

Name: 49th Parallel (1940) - Refugees in Black and White Series
Start: 2025-02-02T15:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-02T18:30:00+00:00
Location: The Screening Room Movie Theatre

Sun, Feb 2, 2025, 3:30 pm - Sun, Feb 2, 2025, 6:30 pm

The Screening Room Movie Theatre, 120, Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 5M6, Canada

General Admission

$10.00

Description

Directed by Michael Powell, screenplay by Emeric Pressburger. Nazi spies in Canada! Manhunt across the continent after a German submarine sunk in the Hudson Bay.

Country: UK
Runtime: 123 minutes
Directed by: Michael Powell
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Raymond Massey
Screenplay by: Emeric Pressburger (original story and screenplay), Rodney Auckland and Emeric Pressburger (scenario)
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Muir Mathieson, with the London Symphony Orchestra

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Join us for Refugees in Black and White, a five-film exploration of the representation of people persecuted by the Nazis during World War II.

The movie series is organized by Swen Steinberg from the Department of History at Queen’s University, The Cinema Society of Kingston, and The Screening Room Movie Theatre. Each movie will be introduced by Dr. Steinberg, followed by a discussion.