A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms

1957,

2h 30m,

Romance

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Based on the Ernest Hemingway novel, this World War I drama follows American soldier Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) and his romance with a nurse, Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones). While fighting alongside the Italian army, Frederick is separated from Catherine, who is pregnant with his child. After helping locals escape to freedom, Frederick searches for Catherine while enemy forces hunt him across Italy. But Catherine's poor health may prevent Frederick from reaching her in time.

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TIME Magazine

Jan 23, 2013

What Hemingway wrote as an interlude of amorous flutes and distant drums, Producer David 0. Selznick has scored for brass.

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Philip Roth

The New Republic

Jan 23, 2013

Perhaps what is most irritating about the film is that too many times an exciting scene of Hemingway's is shucked out in favor of a distressingly inferior one invented (if I may indulge the Muse a moment) by Ben Hecht, who is responsible for the script.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Sweep and frankness alone don't make a great picture; and Farewell suffers from an overdose of both.

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André Bazin

L'Éducation Nationale

Dec 8, 2021

So A Farewell to Arms has become a "war movie." But if, forgetting for a moment the comparison with the novel, we judge it from this point of view, our reservations give way to a certain admiration.

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Clyde Gilmour

Maclean's Magazine

Nov 7, 2019

This long and often boring tearjerker is a disappointing remake of a 1932 film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel.

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Isabel Quigly

The Spectator

Jul 18, 2018

This attempt to make the audience feel what the lovers were feeling failed because even to the least experienced in love it was plainly an artificial and external alteration.

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Feb 24, 2018

One of my all time favorite movies, especially in the romance genre. Great acting. The black and white adds to the allure. Since the longer movie is popular today, this will satisfy that "I wanted more" feeling. Get popcorn, a blanket and your lover and check it out.

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Charles Vidor

Director

Rock Hudson

Lieutenant Frederick Henry

Jennifer Jones

Nurse Catherine Barkley

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Synopsis

Based on the Ernest Hemingway novel, this World War I drama follows American soldier Lt. Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) and his romance with a nurse, Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones). While fighting alongside the Italian army, Frederick is separated from Catherine, who is pregnant with his child. After helping locals escape to freedom, Frederick searches for Catherine while enemy forces hunt him across Italy. But Catherine's poor health may prevent Frederick from reaching her in time.

Director: Charles Vidor
Producer: David O. Selznick
Screenwriter: Ernest Hemingway, Laurence Stallings, Ben Hecht
Production Co: The Selznick Studio
Genre: Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 14, 1957, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2011
Runtime: 2h 30m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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