For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
- Starring:
- Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Category:
- Romance
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 166 mins
Complete Cast of For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Gary Cooper - Robert Jordan
- Akim Tamiroff - Pablo
- Arturo de Cordova - Agustin
- Mikhail Rasumny - Rafael
- Eric Feldary - Andres
- Joseph Calleia - El Sordo
- Alexander Granach - Paco
- Leonid Snegoff - Ignacio
- Duncan Renaldo - Lt. Berrendo
- Frank Puglia - Capt. Gomez
- Michael Visaroff - Staff Officer
- Jean del Val - Sniper
- Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. - Kashkin
- Michael Dalmatoff - Don Benito Garcia
- Trina Varela - Spanish Singer
- Franco Corsaro - Elias' Man
- George Sorel - Bored Sentry
- Harry Cording - Man Who Flails the Mayor
- Alberto Morin - Second Soldier
- Soledad Jiminez - Don Guillermo's Wife
- Ernesto Morelli - Civil Guard
- Jose Luis Tortosa - One of the Civil Guards
- Tito Renaldo - 1st Sentry
- Marjorie Deanne - Cafe Girl
- Alice Kirby - Cafe Girl
- Lynda Grey - Cafe Girl
- Louise LaPlanche - Cafe Girl
- Victor Laplace - Girls in Cafe
- Ingrid Bergman - Maria
- Katina Paxinou - Pilar
- Vladimir Sokoloff - Anselmo
- Fortunio Bonanova - Fernando
- Victor Varconi - Primitivo
- Lilo Yarson - Joaquin
- Adia Kuznetzoff - Gustavo
- Leo Bulgakov - Gen. Golz
- George Coulouris - Andre Massart
- Pedro de Cordoba - Frederico Gonzales
- Konstantin Shayne - Kharkov
- Jack Mylong - Col. Duval
- Mayo Newhall - Don Richardo
- Robert Tafur - Don Faustino Rivero
- Dick Botiller - Sergeant
- Frank Lackteen - Elias Man
- John Bleifer - Peasant Who Flails Gonzalez
- William Edmunds - First Soldier
- Pedro Regas - Soldier
- Manuel Paris - Officer of Civil Guards
- Manuel Lopez - Civil Guard
- Yakima Canutt - Young Calvery Man
- Maxine Ardell - Cafe Girl
- Yvonne De Carlo - Girl in Cafe
- Marcella Phillips - Girl in Cafe
- Christopher King - Boy in Cafe
- Martin Garralaga - Captain
- Director(s):
- Sam Wood
- Writer(s):
- Dudley Nichols
- Producer(s):
- Sam Wood
- Categories:
- Romance
- 1943 - Film Daily - 10 Best Films
- 1943 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1943 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1943 - National Board of Review - Best Acting
- 1943 - New York Times - 10 Best Films
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