For Whom the Bell Tolls

original title:
For Whom the Bell Tolls
other titles:
(Wem die Stunde schlägt), Por Quien Doblan Campanas
country / year of production:
USA / 1943
original length:
170 min. , color
premiere:
14 July 1943, New York
genre:
adventure
based on:
Ernest Hemingway. For Whom The Bell Tolls. New York: Scribner, 1940.
director:
Sam Wood
film script:
Ernest Hemingway , Dudley Nichols
producer:
Buddy G. DeSylva , Sam Wood
cinematographer:
Ray Rennahan
editor:
John F. Link Sr. , Sherman Todd
composer:
Walter Kent , Victor Young
cast (role):
Arturo de Córdova (Robert Jordan) , Ingrid Bergman (María) , Akim Tamiroff (Pablo) , Arturo de Córdova (Augustín) , Vladimir Sokoloff (Anselmo) , Ingrid Bergman , Akim Tamiroff , Arturo de Córdova , Gary Cooper , Vladimir Sokoloff
more:
plot synopsis:
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a bridge in a cave. Pilar, who is in charge there, has an ability to foretell the future. And so that night she encourages Maria, a young girl ravaged by enemy soldiers, to join Jordan who has decided to spend the night under the stars.
keywords:
bridge , escape , captivity , guerilla warfare
war:
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
literature:
P. Subba Rao. „Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls: Two Classic American Novels as War Movies“. In: Indian Journal of American Studies 25 (1995) 2, 147-154.
remarks:
Although the film was nominated for nine "Oscars" including Best Picture, it won only one, for Best Supporting Actress Katina Paxinou.
availability:
VHS, DVD