• Director: Howard Hawks
  • Release Year: 1941
  • Production Country: United States
  • Language: English

Sergeant York

Description

Having turned his life around with religion, Alvin York isn't interested in going off to fight a war that will require him to take the lives of his fellow man. However, unable to avoid the draft, Alvin finds himself shipped out to Europe, and when he and his fellow troops are pinned down by German fire, Alvin realizes that sometimes life is just a turkey shoot after all.

Themes

Alvin Cullum York (1887 – 1964), Conscientious objector, Religion, Christianity, Meuse-Argonne Offensive (26 September – 11 November 1918), Morals and taboos, Patriotism, Nationalism, Public memory, Primary sources