Screenshot from the movie “Odette.”

SARATOGA SPRINGS– Saratoga Jewish Community Arts (SJCA), with a grant from the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York and the sponsorship of Temple Sinai of Saratoga Springs, will screen at Temple Sinai, 509 Broadway, the 1950 film “Odette,” followed by a panel discussion. The film will be shown at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 12. A desert reception follows. The panel discussion begins at 7:30 p.m. and it will also be available on Zoom. The film will not be shown on Zoom.

“Odette” tells the true story of Odette Sansom (code name LISE), a woman who became a courier and spy for the British in World War II.

Born in France, Sansom married a British citizen and was recruited by British Intelligence and dispatched into Nazi occupied France in 1942. She left behind three young children. After intense training in espionage, parachuting, Morse code, and unarmed combat, Odette is secreted to the coast of France, one of many female courier/spies relaying encrypted messages, arranging safe houses, and coordinating with local resistance and intelligence networks.