In Love And War (1996)
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11% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(13,772 ratings)
This romantic historical drama is based on the diaries of Agnes Von Kurowsky, who while serving as a nurse during World War I had a love affair with a young man who would later become one of the great literary figures of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway. In 1918, 18-year-old Hemingway has… More This romantic historical drama is based on the diaries of Agnes Von Kurowsky, who while serving as a nurse during World War I had a love affair with a young man who would later become one of the great literary figures of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway. In 1918, 18-year-old Hemingway has volunteered to fight in the great war; while he goes into battle imagining it to be a lark, he soon discovers that the realities of warfare are far more grim, and during a shelling attack in Italy, his leg is severely wounded. Hemingway has taken a great deal of shrapnel, and the doctors at the field hospital decide that amputation would be the quickest and most effective way to deal with the injury. However, the idea of losing a leg horrifies Hemingway, and he pleads with Agnes (Sandra Bullock), the Austrian nurse looking after him, not to let the doctors cut off his limb. Moved by Hemingway's concern, Agnes convinces the doctors to pursue other treatments, and she looks after him during his long and difficult convalescence. Love and passion bloom between the young and naive soldier and the 26-year-old nurse, but while he's eager for her to return home with him as he follows his muse as a writer, she regards him not as the love of her life but as a passing fling and thinks that he's too young to marry. Agnes eventually sends Hemingway a "Dear John" letter; later Hemingway would use her as the basis for several characters in his novels and short stories, not always flatteringly. In Love and War was directed by Richard Attenborough, previously an Academy Award winner for Gandhi. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Attenborough
- Written By
- Anna Hamilton Phelan
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Dec 18, 1996 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 27, 1999
- Studio
- New Line Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
I will cherish my memory of Chris at the end of In Love and War, bearded and bitter, drinking fiercely and trying very hard to be dark and tormented.
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Jon Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World
Boring and artificial
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Before you can say 'gangrene,' the two fall for each other, but everyone knows that historical romances released in December are never destined to end happily.
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Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
The movie, based on the book Hemingway in Love and War, moves at a lanquid pace that never stirs the emotions.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Cautionary tale about the dangers of romantic infatutation.
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Cast
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Sandra Bullock
as Agnes von Kurowsky
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Chris O'Donnell
as Ernest Hemingway
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Mackenzie Astin
as Henry Villard
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Emilio Bonucci
as Domencio Caracciolo
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Ingrid Lacey
as Elsie "Mac" MacDonald
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Margot Steinberg
as Mabel "Rosie" Rose
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Kaethe Cherney
as Veta Markley
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Carlo Croccolo
as town mayor
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Gil Filar
as boy
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Colin Fox
as Dr Hemingway
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Kay Hawtry
as Grace Hemingway
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Philippe Leroy
as Count Sergio Caracciolo
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Joseph Long
as Italian doctor
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Doreen Mantle
as Emilia
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Vincenzo Ricotta
as Italian officer
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George Rossi
as Triage Medic
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Terence Sach
as porter
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Avery Saltzman
as Oak Leaves Reporter
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Elena Smirnowa
as Leicester Hemingway
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Colin Stinton
as Tom Burnside
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Alan Bennett
as porter
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Richard Blackburn
as Tribune Reporter
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Richard Fitzpatrick
as mailman
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Rodger Barton
as Sun Times Reporter
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Tara Hugo
as Katherine "Gumshoe" De Long
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Ian Kelly
as Jimmy McBride
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Vincenzo Nicoli
as Enrico Biscaglia
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Rocco Quarzell
as Roberto Zardini
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Bruce Lidington
as American surgeon
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Nicholas Brooks
as Louis Burton
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Matthew Sharp
as Larkin Joseph
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Noah Reid
as boy
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Tom Goodman-Hill
as Houston Kenyon
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Mindy Lee Raskin
as Miller Charlotte Anne
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Rebecca Craig
as Elena Crouch
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Gigi Vivan
as Italian child
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Giuseppe Bonato
as grandfather
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Allegra Di Carpegna
as Loretta Cavanaugh
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Diane Witter
as Adele Brown
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Tracy Hostmyer
as Ruth Harper
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Lauren Booth
as Anna Sconlon
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Frances Riddelle
as Katherine Smith
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Wendi Peters
as Rahn Emily
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Laura Nardi
as Teresa
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Maria Petrucci
as Sonia
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Valeria Fabbri
as Anna Maria
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Quinto Rolman
as Italian Man
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Raph Taylor
as Francesco
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Todd Curran
as Skip Talbot
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Tim McDonell
as adjutant
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Reno Porcaro
as Italian photographer
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Bruno Majean
as Alberto Zardini
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Roseline Garland
as Carol Hemingway
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Laura Martelli
as Isabella Caracciolo
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Cyril Taylor
as maitre d'
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Milan Rosandic
as waiter
