USA,
1943, 170 min
(Alternative: 150 min)
Directed by:
Sam WoodScreenplay:
Dudley NicholsCinematography:
Ray RennahanComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Ernest Hemingway's 1939 novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, stands among the great pieces of American literature. Sam Wood's direction of the script by Dudley Nichols stars Gary Cooper as Hemingway's pain-ridden, love-torn hero, Robert Jordan, a Montana schoolteacher who risks his life to fight Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War. Jordan joins a group of Spanish guerrilla fighters whose mission is to blow up a bridge behind enemy lines. Ingrid Bergman plays Maria, a beautiful Spanish refugee who has been rendered mute by the trauma of a rape. Over the course of four days, Maria and Jordan fall head over heels in love, a plotline that subsumes the fighting and the war itself. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
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- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1944 - Katina Paxinou (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1944 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1944 - Gary Cooper (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1944 - Ingrid Bergman (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1944 - Akim Tamiroff (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1944 - Ray Rennahan (Best Cinematography (Color))
- 1944 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1944 - Victor Young (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1944 - Best Achievement in Production Design
Golden Globes
- 1944 - Akim Tamiroff (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
- 1944 - Katina Paxinou (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1943 - Katina Paxinou (Best Actress)