A Farewell To Arms (1957)
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Farewell to Arms is the second film version of Ernest Hemingway's World War One novel--and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind). Rock Hudson plays an American serving in the Italian Army during the "War to End All Wars". Jennifer Jones is his lover, a… More Farewell to Arms is the second film version of Ernest Hemingway's World War One novel--and also the last film produced by David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind). Rock Hudson plays an American serving in the Italian Army during the "War to End All Wars". Jennifer Jones is his lover, a Red cross nurse. They have a torrid affair, which results in Jones' pregnancy. As the months pass, Hudson and Jones lose contact with one another, and Jones believes that Hudson has forgotten her. But a battle-weary Hudson finally makes it to Switzerland, where Jones is hospitalized. The baby is stillborn, and Jones dies shortly afterward, murmuring that her death is "a dirty trick." Filmed on a simpler scale in 1932 (with Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes starring), A Farewell to Arms was blown all out of proportion to "epic" stature for the 1957 remake--so much so that its original director, John Huston, quit the film in disgust. Still, the basic love story is touchingly enacted by Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Vidor
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 14, 1957 Wide
Critic Reviews
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, TIME Magazine
What Hemingway wrote as an interlude of amorous flutes and distant drums, Producer David 0. Selznick has scored for brass.
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Philip Roth, The New Republic
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.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Sweep and frankness alone don't make a great picture; and Farewell suffers from an overdose of both.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
This film, for all its size and color, doesn't do much more by Hemingway's book than was done by the sentimental version of it played by Helen Hayes and Gary Cooper some twenty-five years ago.
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, Time Out
A padded Ben Hecht script and Selznick's invariable tendency to overkill are equally to blame.
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Cast
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Rock Hudson
as Lt. Frederick Henry
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Jennifer Jones
as Nurse Catherine Barkley
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Vittorio De Sica
as Maj. Alessandro Rinaldi
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Alberto Sordi
as Father Galli
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Kurt Kasznar
as Bonello
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Oscar Homolka
as Dr. Emerich
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Elaine Stritch
as Helen Ferguson
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Mercedes McCambridge
as Miss Van Campen
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Leopoldo Trieste
as Passini
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Franco Interlenghi
as Aymo
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José Nieto
as Major Stampi
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Georges Brehat
as Capt. Bassi
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Memmo Carotenuto
as Nino
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Guido Martufi
as Boy Scout
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Umberto Spadaro
as Barber
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Umberto Sacripante
as Ambulance Driver
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Victor Francen
as Col. Valentini
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Joan Shawlee
as Nurse
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Carlo Pedersoli
as Carabiniere
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Patrick Crean
as Medical Lieutenant
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Guidarino Guidi
as Civilian Doctor
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Diana King
as Hospital Receptionist
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Eduard Linkers
as Lt. Zimmerman
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Johanna Hofer
as Mrs. Zimmerman
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Angelo Galassi
as Firing Squad Commander
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Carlo Hintermann
as First Diner
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Tiberio Mitri
as Diner
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Peter Illing
as Milan Hotel Clerk
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Sam Levene
as Swiss Sergeant
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Clelia Matania
as Hair Dresser
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Gisella Matthews
as Nurse in Catherine's Room
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
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Eva Kotthaus
as Delivery Room Nurse
- Oskar Homolka
