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A Farewell to Arms

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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 01/23/2013
What Hemingway wrote as an interlude of amorous flutes and distant drums, Producer David 0. Selznick has scored for brass. Go to Full Review Philip Roth The New Republic 01/23/2013
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. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Sweep and frankness alone don't make a great picture; and Farewell suffers from an overdose of both. Go to Full Review André Bazin L'Éducation Nationale 12/08/2021
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. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 11/07/2019
This long and often boring tearjerker is a disappointing remake of a 1932 film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel. Go to Full Review Isabel Quigly The Spectator 07/18/2018
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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David K @RT61474040 Aug 11 One of the worst directed and worst acted films I can remember. If you ever want to watch a demonstration how lack of chemistry between actors is manifested on screen, check this one out. Otherwise, fuggetaboutit. See more Rick M @RT94871803 Mar 30 I saw this classic for the first time maybe 30 years ago. I was moved. I'm an actor-writer. That may sway my FILM critic in appreciation for the script and the actors, however this movie has a place in my heart as an endearing, epic love story. I've seen several movies that deserve a low rating. This is a quality film in every way. The acting is premium, and no one can fault this magnificent Hemingway masterpiece. See more Lanfranco C @Lanfrancobz 03/18/2024 At the end My opinion is that it is a rotten war movie and a too drammatic love story. See more Victor T @VictorTalkingMachine 07/16/2023 Jennifer Jones makes this remake memorable. Cinematography is superb. See more SICKS6SIX @sicks6six 08/19/2022 I scored the original 90% this offering 9%, what a hash of a film if ever there was one, if you like the original you will hate this soapy floppy waste of film, Rock Hudson is terrible as is Co star, the story wanders around like a drunken soldier trying not to find a war, it is terrible, See more steve d @RT35616104 07/20/2020 Pointless remake that has some good performances but pails in comparison to the original in every way. See more Read all reviews
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Charles Vidor

Director

Rock Hudson

Lieutenant Frederick Henry

Jennifer Jones

Nurse Catherine Barkley

Vittorio De Sica

Major Alessandro Rinaldi

Alberto Sordi

Father Galli

Mercedes McCambridge

Miss Van Campen

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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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