From Here to Eternity

original title:
From Here to Eternity
other titles:
(Verdammt in alle Ewigkeit)
country / year of production:
USA / 1953
original length:
118 min. , black/white
premiere:
5 August 1953
genre:
melodrama
based on:
James Jones. From Here to Eternity. New York: Scribner's, 1951.
director:
Fred Zinnemann
film script:
Daniel Taradash
producer:
Buddy Adler
cinematographer:
Floyd Crosby , Burnett Guffey
editor:
Willam A. Lyon
composer:
George Duning , Fred Karger
cast (role):
Burt Lancaster (First Sergeant Milton Warden) , Montgomery Clift (Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt) , Deborah Kerr (Karen Holmes) , Donna Reed (Alma Burke) , Frank Sinatra (Pvt. Angelo Maggio) , Burt Lancaster , Montgomery Clift , Deborah Kerr , Donna Reed , Frank Sinatra
more:
plot synopsis:
It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. However, 'Prew' is adamant that he doesn't box anymore, so Captain Holmes gets his subordinates to make his life a living hell. Meanwhile Sargeant Warden starts seeing the captain's wife, who has a history of seeking external relief from a troubled marriage. Prew's friend Maggio has a few altercations with the sadistic stockade sargeant 'Fatso' Judson, and Prew begins falling in love with social club employee Lorene. Unbeknownst to anyone, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor looms in the distance.
keywords:
Pearl Harbor , navy , air raid , drill
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Lawrence H. Suid. Guts & Glory. The Making of the American Military Image in Film. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002, 143-152.

Daniel Taradash. "Into Another World". In: Films and Filming 5 (1959), 8, 9-33.

Jerry Wald. "Screen Adaptation". In: Films in Review 5 (1954), 62-67.
remarks:
Nominations 13, wins 8: an impressive Academy Awards result. The winning categories: male and female supporting role, director, cinematography, editing, sound, script and best picture.
availability:
VHS, DVD