Norwich — A special viewing of the Golden Globe Award-winning movie “1917” will be held at the AMC Theaters at Lisbon Landing as a fundraiser for the effort to restore and display the city’s rare captured German World War I howitzer, brought to the United States as a war trophy by victorious troops.

The movie will be shown at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, sponsored by the Norwich World War I Memorial Committee. World War I reenactors in the 26th Yankee Division World War I Living History Group will be present prior to the show and afterward.

Tickets for the movie are $10, with proceeds to benefit the committee’s efforts. Tickets can be purchased in Norwich at Eastern Connecticut Savings Bank, 666 W. Main St. and 257 Main St.; the Otis Library, 261 Main St.; Norwichtown Shell, 168 W. Town St., and People’s United Bank, 25 Town St. Tickets also may be purchased at the door. Theater doors open at 9:30 a.m. The refreshment stand will be open.

Last year, the committee sponsored a showing of Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old."

“This is very much a companion piece,” said Dale Plummer, Norwich city historian and chairman of the World War I Memorial Committee.

Jackson’s documentary did not include battle action shots, relying instead on artist renderings. The “1917” movie follows two British soldiers on a desperate race across No Man’s Land to stop a hopeless British attack.

“Even for those who have seen the movie,” Plummer said, “this is a great opportunity to see it a second time and be able to honor the sacrifices made by the men who fought in the First World War.”

Norwich Public Utilities, Eastern Savings Bank and Norwich Mayor Peter Nystrom have donated a limited number of free tickets to the movie to be distributed to local veterans through the veterans coffeehouses and the Veterans Council.