"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943)

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943)
Paramount Pictures
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge. - For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 American war film produced and directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, and Joseph Calleia. The screenwriter Dudley Nichols based his script on the 1940 novel For 'Whom the Bell Tolls' by American novelist Ernest Hemingway. The film is about an American International Brigades volunteer, Robert Jordan (Cooper), who is fighting in the Spanish Civil War against the fascists. During his desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge to protect Republican forces, Jordan falls in love with a young woman guerrilla fighter (Bergman)."
Genre': Adventure, Drama, History
Release dates: July 14, 1943 (US)
Director: Sam Wood
Screenplay by: Dudley Nichols
Based on: The novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemmingway
Music by: Victor Young
Cinematography: Ray Rennahan
Editing by: John F. Link Sr., Sherman Todd
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi, Katina Paxinou*, Joseph Calleia, Lilo Yarson
Awards
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
* © 1943 - Paramount Pictures
** © Pratt Family Collection