A Farewell to Arms

original title:
A Farewell to Arms
other titles:
(In einem anderen Land)
country / year of production:
USA / 1957
original length:
152 min. , color
premiere:
14 December 1957
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Ernest Hemingway. »A Farewell To Arms«. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1929.
director:
Charles Vidor
film script:
Ben Hecht
producer:
David O. Selznick
cinematographer:
Piero Portalupi , Oswald Morris
editor:
John M. Foley , Gerald J. Wilson
composer:
Mario Nascimbene
cast (role):
Jennifer Jones (Nurse Catherine Barkley) , Rock Hudson (Lieutenant Frederick Henry) , Vittorio De Sica (Major Alessandro Rinaldi) , Mercedes McCambridge (Miss Van Campen) , Alberto Sordi (Father Galli)
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plot synopsis:
During the First World War on the Italian Alpine front: The American Red Cross driver Lt. Henry and nurse Catherine fall in love and have a torrid affair, which results in Catherine’s pregnancy. As the months pass, Henry and Catherine lose contact with each other. To save their love from war they escape to Switzerland, where the baby is still born and Catherine dies at childbirth.
keywords:
escape , women during wartime , mountains , medical orderly
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
remarks:
Was nominated for an "Oscar" in 1958.
availability:
VHS