For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)

For Whom the Bell Tolls
original film poster
Directed by	Sam Wood
Screenplay by	Dudley Nichols
Based on	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Starring	Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Akim Tamiroff Joseph Calleia Katina Paxinou Arturo de Córdova
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	July 14, 1943 (1943-07-14)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou. This was Ingrid Bergman's first technicolor film. Hemingway handpicked Cooper and Bergman for their roles. The film was adapted for the screen by Dudley Nichols and was directed by Sam Wood. The film became the top box-office hit of 1943, grossing $11 million. It was also nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning one.

The first complete score from an American film to be issued on records was Victor Young's music for For Whom the Bell Tolls. .

Cast

• Gary Cooper as Robert Jordan
• Ingrid Bergman as María
• Akim Tamiroff as Pablo
• Arturo de Córdova as Agustín
• Vladimir Sokoloff as Anselmo (guide)
• Mikhail Rasumny as Rafael (Gypsy)
• Fortunio Bonanova as Fernando
• Eric Feldary as Andrés (courier to Gen. Golz)
• Victor Varconi as Primitivo (lookout)
• Katina Paxinou as Pilar
• Joseph Calleia as El Sordo
• Lilo Yarson as Joaquin
• Alexander Granach as Paco
• Adia Kuznetzoff as Gustavo
• Leonid Snegoff as Ignacio
• Duncan Renaldo as Lieutenant Berrendo (nationalist officer searching for rebels)

Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Restoration

The film was originally released in a roadshow format, at 170 minutes (not counting intermission). For re-release, it was trimmed down to 134 minutes, and it was not seen at its full length until the late 1990s, when it was archivally restored to 168 minutes. This restored version is the one that has been released on DVD.

Awards

The film won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Katina Paxinou) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gary Cooper), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Akim Tamiroff), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Ingrid Bergman), Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color (Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas, Bertram C. Granger), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture.

Other versions

There was a Lux Radio Theater version broadcast on February 11, 1945, which retained the principal cast from the film: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Akim Tamiroff.

Hemingway's reaction

Despite the film's financial success and winning an Academy Award, Hemingway greatly disliked the film, due to the removal of the book's political content.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• For Whom the Bell Tolls at the Internet Movie Database
• For Whom the Bell Tolls at the TCM Movie Database
• Radio adaptation of For Whom The Bell Tolls February 12, 1945 on Lux Radio Theatre; 50 minutes, with the original stars (MP3)