Director: Charles Vidor

Writer: Ben Hecht

From novel: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

From a play by: Laurence Stallings

Music by: Mario Nascimbene

Keywords: Romantic Drama, WWI

An American serves as a volunteer ambulance driver in the Italian Army during WWI. He has an affair with a British nurse, but then faces accusations of being a German spy. He and his amour flee the country for Switzerland. Remake of the far superior A Farewell to Arms (1932). Lavish production, but dull. Hemingway was not at all happy with the results here, most particularly with the age of the female lead. Vittorio De Sica received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Victor Francen	Actor	5-Aug-1888	18-Nov-1977	Confidential Agent
Oskar Homolka	Actor	12-Aug-1898	27-Jan-1978	Sabotage
Rock Hudson	Actor	17-Nov-1925	2-Oct-1985	Ice Station Zebra
Jennifer Jones	Actor	2-Mar-1919	17-Dec-2009	The Song of Bernadette
Kurt Kasznar	Actor	13-Aug-1913	6-Aug-1979	Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants
Mercedes McCambridge	Actor	17-Mar-1916	2-Mar-2004	All the King's Men
Vittorio De Sica	Film Director	7-Jul-1902	13-Nov-1974	Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Alberto Sordi	Actor	15-Jun-1920	25-Feb-2003	I Vitelloni
Elaine Stritch	Actor	2-Feb-1925	17-Jul-2014	Two's Company

CAST

Rock Hudson	...   Lt. Frederick Henry
Jennifer Jones	...   Catherine Barkley
Vittorio De Sica	...   Maj. Alessandro Rinaldi
Oskar Homolka	...   Dr. Emerich
Mercedes McCambridge	...   Miss Van Campen
Elaine Stritch	...   Helen Ferguson
Kurt Kasznar	...   Bonello
Victor Francen	...   Col. Valentini
Franco Interlenghi	...   Aymo
Leopoldo Trieste	...   Passini
Jose Nieto	...   Maj. Stampi
Georges Brehat	...   Capt. Bassi
Johanna Hofer	...   Mrs. Zimmerman
Eduard Linkers	...   Lt. Zimmerman
Eva Kotthaus	...   Delivery Room Nurse
Alberto Sordi	...   Fr. Galli

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