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A Farewell to Arms

  • 19571957
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 2h 32m
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5.8/10
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A Farewell to Arms (1957)
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
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An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
2.7K
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  • Directors
    • Charles Vidor
    • John Huston(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
    • Ernest Hemingway(novel)
    • Laurence Stallings(play)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Vittorio De Sica
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  • Directors
    • Charles Vidor
    • John Huston(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
    • Ernest Hemingway(novel)
    • Laurence Stallings(play)
  • Stars
    • Rock Hudson
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Vittorio De Sica
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    A Farewell to Arms (1957)
    Vittorio De Sica, Rock Hudson, and Jennifer Jones in A Farewell to Arms (1957)
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    Rock Hudson
    Rock Hudson
    • Lt. Frederick Henry
    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Catherine Barkley
    Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio De Sica
    • Major Alessandro Rinaldi
    Oskar Homolka
    Oskar Homolka
    • Dr. Emerich
    • (as Oscar Homolka)
    Mercedes McCambridge
    Mercedes McCambridge
    • Miss Van Campen
    Elaine Stritch
    Elaine Stritch
    • Helen Ferguson
    Kurt Kasznar
    Kurt Kasznar
    • Bonello
    Victor Francen
    Victor Francen
    • Colonel Valentini
    Franco Interlenghi
    Franco Interlenghi
    • Aymo
    Leopoldo Trieste
    Leopoldo Trieste
    • Passini
    José Nieto
    José Nieto
    • Major Stampi
    • (as Jose Nieto)
    Georges Bréhat
    • Captain Bassi
    • (as Georges Brehat)
    Johanna Hofer
    • Mrs. Zimmerman
    Eduard Linkers
    Eduard Linkers
    • Lieutenant Zimmerman
    Eva Kotthaus
    Eva Kotthaus
    • Delivery Room Nurse
    Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    • Father Galli
    Luigi Barzini
    • Court Martial Colonel
    • (uncredited)
    Memmo Carotenuto
    Memmo Carotenuto
    • Nino the Doorkeeper
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Charles Vidor
      • John Huston(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht(screenplay)
      • Ernest Hemingway(novel)
      • Laurence Stallings(play)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Rock Hudson turned down Sayonara (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959) in order to make this film. He later said this was the biggest mistake of his career.
    • Goofs
      Catherine is supposed to be younger than Frederick, yet Jennifer Jones is clearly several years older than Rock Hudson.
    • Quotes

      Major Alessandro Rinaldi: She's very strange, very moody, who knows she might even prefer you to me.

    • Crazy credits
      Producer David O. Selznick tries to imitate the opening credits of his classic film, "Gone With The Wind", by having the letters of the title "A Farewell to Arms" sweep slowly across the screen from right to left.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969)

    User reviews42

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    Top review
    7/10
    The Unique Problems Of Hemingway And Selznick
    A lot of people are being terribly unfair to this production of A Farewell To Arms. Not that it's a great film, it misses that by a good distance, but that even films that are the best adaptations of Ernest Hemingway's work fall far short for Hemingway purists. And David O. Selznick was far from a Hemingway purist.

    No Selznick when it came to the career of his wife Jennifer Jones lost all kinds of sense of balance. Another reviewer was quite right, Jean Simmons, Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor all would have made acceptable Catherine Barkleys.

    One thing also to remember that we're not even starting out with pure Hemingway to begin with. Both this version and the 1932 version that starred Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes are not just based on the novel, they are based on a play that was adapted from the novel by Laurence Stallings who wrote What Price Glory. The play ran for 30 performances in 1930 and starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi on Broadway. I suspect the Depression had a lot to do with the closing as it did many shows that year.

    Originally John Huston was slated to direct and he had directed Jones in both We Were Strangers and Beat The Devil with little or no interference from Selznick. But Selznick fired Huston and replaced him with Charles Vidor because allegedly too much attention was paid to Rock Hudson and not enough to Jennifer.

    That's ironic as all get out because the novel itself is as all Hemingway works is male chauvinistic in the extreme. If he wanted to showcase Jennifer, any Hemingway just ain't the vehicle. He should have used one of the Bronte sisters.

    Since the novel is male oriented Rock Hudson makes a fine Fredric Henry, the idealistic man who volunteers on the Italian front as an ambulance driver to experience war so he can write about it when it's over. On that Italian front it didn't look like it was ever going to be over.

    That's another problem with this work, how do you sell it to the movie going public, as a romance or an anti-war tract? If you're Adolph Zukor for Paramount or David O. Selznick probably romance is the aspect that does sell.

    The third major character in the film is that of the Italian army doctor Major Rinaldi played here by Vittorio DeSica. This version is more faithful to the book and presents Rinaldi as a three dimensional character.

    In the 1932 version Adolphe Menjou was Rinaldi and Menjou did fine with the part as your typical suave continental type. Here Rinaldi's outspokenness about the futility of the Italian campaign leads to tragedy. It also led to an Oscar nomination for Vittorio DeSica as Best Supporting Actor. It was the only recognition A Farewell To Arms got from the Academy and DeSica lost to Red Buttons for Sayonara.

    Whether Huston or Vidor did them, the battle scenes and the scenes of retreat are shattering and moving. Given the unique problems of Hemingway and Selznick, we're lucky the film came out as good as it did.
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    • Sep 25, 2008

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    • Release date
      • December 14, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • In einem anderen Land
    • Filming locations
      • Venzone, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
    • Production company
      • Selznick International Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $4,353,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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