The Szentendre group are very pleased to be able to host another film afternoon.

Please note we have a new venue.

We will be showing Bridge of Spies on Thursday 20^th February at the Godmanchester Baptist Church, East Chadley Lane, Godmanchester, PE29 2BJ.  We aim for a 2pm start having settled everyone with coffee/tea and biscuits (or perhaps cake!).  As usual, we request a £5.00 donation to offset the charge for the hall.

Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Alan Alda.  Directed by Steven Spielberg.

Based on true events in 1957, lawyer James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is recruited from his prestigious law firm to defend accused Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). It’s an unenviable task in many respects. Donovan hasn’t practiced criminal law since he was a prosecutor at the Nuremburg trials after World War II. Also, the strong anti-Communist mood at the time makes him a target from who think Abel should just be executed. Abel is convicted but Donovan convinces the judge to sentence him to prison, rather than execute him, as they may at some point in the future want to swap him for an American spy the Soviets might have in custody. Just such a scenario comes into play when in 1960 U-2 spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is shot down over Soviet territory and taken prisoner. Donovan is again recruited to act as the intermediary and negotiate swapping Able for the American requiring him to travel to East Berlin crossing the newly built Berlin Wall.

Please email Miriam at mimi_radford@hotmail.com to book your place.