On Thursdays in February at 6:00 PM at 33 Bridge Street in Bellows Falls, Stage 33 Live and WOOL.fm will screen a series of films from 1930 newly entered into the public domain. $5 suggested donation at the door, but nobody will be turned away for lack of money.
February 12 at 6:00 PM, runtime 2 hours 14 minutes (includes brief intermission)
A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror. Considered a realistic and harrowing account of warfare in World War I, the film opened to wide acclaim in the United States. In 1990, it was selected and preserved by the United States Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. The film was the first to win the Academy Awards for both Outstanding Production and Best Director, and it is the first Best Picture-winner based on a finished novel.
