“On the Edge: European Cinema in 1939” is a two-day event on April 5 and 6 at Whitney Humanities Center at Yale, 53 Wall St. in New Haven, showing 11 acclaimed European films released that year.
Admission is free and open to the public. All films have subtitles. Here’s the schedule:
April 5
1:30 p.m.: Children of Divorce, Benjamin Christensen’s Danish drama about two young people in love.
3:15 p.m.: Water for Canitoga, Herbert Selpin’s German “Western” about a project being sabotaged.
5:30 p.m.: Department Store, Mario Camerini’s Italian drama about a woman dumping her boyfriend.
7 p.m.: Opening reception.
8:15 p.m.: Daybreak, Marcel Carne’s French crime drama about a murderer contemplating his crime.
10 p.m.: Night Train to Munich, Carol Reed’s British war thriller about an attempt to seize a scientist.
April 6
8:30 a.m.: The Activists, Risto Orko’s thriller about Finland’s fight for freedom from Russia in 1916.
10:30 a.m.: Tractor Drivers, Ivan Pyryev’s Soviet musical comedy about happy workers under Communism.
12:15 p.m.: Panel discussion on propaganda cinema.
1:30 p.m.: Mamele, Joseph Green and Konrad Tom’s Yiddish-language film starring Molly Picon about life in the Jewish community in Lodz, Poland, between the world wars.
3:30 p.m.: There’s No Tomorrow, Max Ophuls’ French drama about a single mother who takes up striptease to support her son.
5:15 p.m.: Wilton’s Zoo, Douglas Sirk’s Dutch crime drama about a delinquent youth.
7:15 p.m.: Panel discussion on émigré cinema.
9 p.m.: The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir’s French drama about the class divide.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com.
