A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms is a 1957 American epic war drama film directed by Charles Vidor. The screenplay by Ben Hecht, based in part on a 1930 play by Laurence Stallings, was the second feature film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1929 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It was the last film produced by David O. Selznick.
Plot
Frederick Henry (Rock Hudson) is an American officer serving in an ambulance unit for the Italian Army during World War I. While recovering from a wound in a British base hospital in northern Italy, he is cared for by Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones), a Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps nurse he had met earlier, near the front, and they engage in an affair. Frederick's friend, the doctor, convinces the army that Frederick's knee is more severely wounded than it actually is and the two continue their romance but never get married.
Awards
Cast
- Alberto Sordi
- Bud Spencer
- Carlo Hintermann
- Claudio Ermelli
- Clelia Matania
- Diana King
- Eduard Linkers
- Elaine Stritch
- Eva Kotthaus
- Franco Interlenghi
- Georges Bréhat
- Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
- Jennifer Jones
- Johanna Hofer
- José Nieto
- Kurt Kasznar
- Leopoldo Trieste
- Luigi Barzini
- Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Memmo Carotenuto
- Mercedes McCambridge
- Oskar Homolka
- Peter Illing
- Rock Hudson
- Sam Levene
- Tiberio Mitri
- Umberto Sacripante
- Umberto Spadaro
- Victor Francen
- Vittorio De Sica
More details
| author | Ben Hecht Ernest Hemingway |
|---|---|
| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Andrew Marton Charles Vidor John Huston |
| editor | Gerard Wilson John M. Foley |
| events | desertion dying romantic love World War I |
| genre | drama romance |
| keywords | abandon ambulance arrest baby battle of caporetto carabinieri claim defeatism drumhead court-martial execution by firing squad firing squad head nurse hide out hospital italian army jump lake lugano lake maggiore married northern italy nurse pregnancy pregnant queen alexandra's royal army nursing corps river stillbirth stillborn switzerland wound |
| musicBy | Mario Nascimbene |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| productionCompany | Selznick International Pictures |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | romantic drama |