For Whom the Bell Tolls [Blu-ray]

Director: Sam Wood Sam Wood

Overview

Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a romantic drama set against the turbulent tapestry of the Spanish Civil War. Gary Cooper plays Robert Jordan, an idealistic American fighting with a Spanish guerilla band. He is assigned to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress. He falls in love with Maria (Ingrid Bergman), a young peasant girl who's joined the fight after being ill-used by enemy troops. Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), the eternally drunken leader of the guerillas, resents Jordan's attentions toward Maria, and he refuses to help Jordan in his sabotage work. Pablo's wife Pilar (Oscar-winner Katina Paxinou) takes over command of the guerillas and helps Jordan by arranging horses for the band's departure after their job is done. The man supplying the horses (Joseph Calleia) is killed, and Jordan is left to finish his task minus a means to escape. For Whom the Bell Tolls was a long, faithful adaptation of the Hemingway novel, with excellent performances, torrid love scenes, and first-rate Technicolor photography. Available for many years only in the 130-minute reissue version, it was restored to nearly its full original length of 168 minutes.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/17/2018
UPC:	0191329032145
Original Release:	1943
Rating:	NR
Source:	Universal
Language:	English
Time:	2:46:00
Sales rank:	25,648

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gary Cooper	Robert Jordan
Ingrid Bergman	Maria
Akim Tamiroff	Pablo
Katina Paxinou	Pilar
Vladimir Sokoloff	Anselmo
Mikhail Rasumny	Rafael
Fortunio Bonanova	Fernando
Eric Feldary	Andres
Victor Varconi	Primitivo
Joseph Calleia	El Sordo
Alexander Granach	Paco
Yvonne De Carlo	Girl
Lilo Yarson	Joaquin
Adia Kuznetzoff	Gustavo
Leonid Snegoff	Ignacio
Leo Bulgakov	Gen. Golz
Duncan Renaldo	Lt. Berrendo,1st Sentry
George Coulouris	Andre
Frank Puglia	Capt. Gamez
Pedro de Cordoba	Col. Miranda/Don Frederico Gonzales
Michael Visaroff	Staff Officer
Konstantin Shayne	Karkov
Martin Garralaga	Captain
Jean Del Val	Sniper
John Mylong	Col. Duval
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	Kashkin
Mayo Newhall	Don Richardo
Michael Dalmatoff	Don Benito Garcia
Antonio Vidal	Don Guillermo
Robert Tafur	Don Faustino Rivero
Armand Roland	Julian
Luis Roja	Drunkard
Trina Varela	Spanish Singer
Dick Botiller	Sergeant
Soledad Jiminez	Don Guillermo's Wife
Yakima Canutt	Young Cavalry Man
Franco Corsaro	Elias' Man
Frank Lackteen	Elias' Man
George Sorel	Bored Sentry
John Bleifer	Peasant Who Flails Gonzalez
Harry Cording	Man Who Flails the Mayor
William Edmunds	Soldier
Alberto Morin	Soldier
Pedro Regas	Soldier
Manuel Paris	Officer of Civil Guards
Jose Luis Tortosa	Civil Guard
Ernesto Morelli	Civil Guard
Manuel Lopez	Civil Guard
Maxine Ardell	Girls in Cafe
Marjorie Deanne	Girls in Cafe
Alice Kirby	Girls in Cafe
Marcella Phillips	Girls in Cafe
Lynda Grey	Girls in Cafe
Christopher King	Girls in Cafe
Arturo de Córdova	Agustín
Samuel Azteca	Soldier with Bayonet
Eumenio Blanco	Townsman
Jack Mylong	Col. Duval
Louise LaPlanche	Cafe Girl
Charles Bickford	Actor
Víctor Laplace	Girls in Cafe
Eduardo Ciannelli	Actor
Victor Young	Composer
Walter Kent	Composer

Technical Credits

Dudley Nichols

Ernest Hemingway

Louis Bromfield

Jeanie Macpherson

Sam Wood	Director,Producer
Dudley Nichols	Screenwriter
Gordon Jennings	Special Effects
Ernest Hemingway	Screenwriter
Buddy G. DeSylva	Executive Producer,Producer
Jan Domela	Special Effects
Don Johnson	Sound Effects
Harold Lewis	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Arnold Braun	Sound Effects
Ted Powell	Sound Effects
Philip Wisdom	Sound Effects
Louis Bromfield	Screenwriter
Jeanie Macpherson	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

For Whom the Bell Tolls largely depoliticizes the issues surrounding the Spanish Civil War and focuses on the romantic adventure in Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Almost none of the cast is remotely Spanish, and Ingrid Bergman, for all her fine acting skills, struggles perhaps more than the other cast members to bring credibility to her role. Remarkably faithful in most other ways to its source novel, the restored version of For Whom the Bell Tolls sprawls over its 168-minute running time. The action sequences are very good for a 1943 film, and the overall look and texture are outstanding. Although the film was nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, it won only one, for Best Supporting Actress Katina Paxinou.

All Movie Guide - Richard Gilliam