Downtown Huntsville Library
Canceled: World War II – The Curtain Falls: An International Film Series
Monday, April 21, 2025 5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Leon Morin, Priest (France, 1961)
In an Axis-occupied French town, a young, recently-widowed mother makes a fake confession to a local priest as an impulsive prank; when he responds with understanding and compassion, she begins a friendship with him as the final days of the war unfold.
Leon Morin, Priest was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, one of the greatest French filmmakers and a former fighter in the French Resistance during WWII.
World War II – The Curtain Falls: An International Film Series
The films in this series explore lives amidst the tumult of World War II – from soldiers and their commanders to civilians caught in the crossfire – as the war staggers to its end.
April 7: The Cranes are Flying (Soviet Union, 1957)
April 14: The Burmese Harp (Japan, 1956)
April 21: Leon Morin, Priest (France, 1961)