One of the great love stories of all time!
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Nov 20236/10
It was always going to be hard enough to adapt this novel for the screen, and given Gary Cooper did an OK job with it in 1932, I am not quite sure why David O. Selznick concluded that is might be a ripe vehicle for Rock Hudson to reprise. He is the American "Lt. Henry" serving in Italy during the Great War when he meets British nurse "Catherine" (Jennifer Jones). They take an immediate shine to each other but needless to say the War has no time to stop and indulge their affection and the film follows the ups and downs as they try to stay alive and, ultimately, make it to safety with their as yet unborn child. The thing with Hemingway stories, I found, is that they rarely work on a big screen. They are detailed, descriptive and requiring of the reader to use their imagination to create the scenario that's all too easily replaced by the visuals here. That also requires the actors to deliver strong and intricate characterisations that deal with their own issues, sure, but with the issues of loyalty, of professionalism and of tough choices made amidst the atrocities of conflict. Neither of these two here have the gravitas to do those complexities justice and that frequently turns this
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Cast
- Rock HudsonLt. Frederick Henry
- Jennifer JonesCatherine Barkley
- Vittorio De SicaMajor Rinaldi
- Luigi BarziniCourt Martial Colonel
- Georges BrehatCaptain Bassi
- Oskar HomolkaDr. Emerich
- Mercedes McCambridgeMrs. Van Campen
- Elaine StritchHelen Ferguson
- Kurt KasznarBonello
- Victor FrancenColonel Valentini
Crew
- Charles VidorDirector
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Ernest HemingwayNovel
- Piero PortalupiDirector of Photography
- Oswald MorrisDirector of Photography
- Mario NascimbeneOriginal Music Composer
- John M. FoleyEditor
- Gerard WilsonEditor
- David O. SelznickProducer
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