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| For Whom The Bell Tolls [1943] | ![For Whom The Bell Tolls [1943]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51eU0S7depL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo De Cordova, Vladimir Sokoloff
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 7631
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Russian (Subtitled)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Running Time: 125 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 90357396
EAN: 3259190357396
ASIN: B0000DC15R
Theatrical Release Date: 1943
Release Date: November 10, 2003
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 "Any Man's death diminishes me " March 31, 2007
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
"Because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore send to know
for who the bell tolls.
It tolls for thee."
Spain 1937. Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) came to Spain o fight for "The Republic" (a nice way to say for the commies) and against nationalists. He also had a dislike for Germans and Italians. His assignment was to go behind the nationalist lines and blow up a bridge at a strategic moment. There this stoic hero meets a peasant girl (a much too young for Gary, Ingrid Bergman) with a bad haircut and that barely escaped a train ride. They naturally fall in love which complicates things. Will this jeopardize the mission? Do we care?
Along with this we have the classic mixture of characters that you can not tell if they are the good guys or the bad guys. The two that stand out besides the hero and his girl are Katina Paxinou (sort of a female Antony Quinn) as the doyenne, and Akim Tamiroff as the once good guerilla who may be bad or just self-centered. Who they were and how the acted was quite a predicable formula.
The story is an adoption from the Ernest Hemingway novel. Of course they could not put everything in the story and too a few liberties. We also miss the dialog that people read Hemmingway for.
The initial credits are in some annoying script (Parchment) make it hard to read at a glance.
 MIND THE GAP! April 20, 2006
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought this for a friend, and to be honest the film didn't do a lot for me, but the real purpose of my review is to alert potential buyers to an oddity about the DVD that could lead them to believing it is faulty. I sent the DVD back to Amazon because the first chapter (supposedly containing the titles etc) appeared to have sound but no vision at all. The replacement was the same. However I let ths one play on and eventually the opening titles appeared. It seems there is a very long empty gap at the beginning where the screen is completely blank. Normally an overture is accompanied by a colour wash or something visual, but not in this case. Beware!
 a great Hemingway adaptation November 22, 2002
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
When Hemingway picked Cooper and Bergman for this 1943 film, he could not have done better. They are heavenly to look at, and the chemistry between them is palpable. The dialogue has retained the style of the book, and they make it sound so natural, which is not an easy feat. Set in 1937 Spain, this Civil War story is an action packed adventure, but above all, it is a love story.Terrific cinematography by Ray Rennahan, a good atmospheric score by Victor Young, and a slew of interesting character actors (Katina Paxinou won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress) back the magnificent leads.
Cooper is not only gorgeous, but gives a subtle, lovely performance, and Bergman, looking younger than her 29 years, with short, curly hair, is luminous. I love the scene where she gets her first kiss, and says "I always wondered where the noses went". Directed by Sam Wood, who a year earlier had directed one of Cooper's most famous films, "The Pride of the Yankees" (and in '45 was to team again with Cooper and Bergman for "Saratoga Trunk"), did a wonderful job with Hemingway's novel...it stands up to many viewings, and is a must for Cooper and Bergman fans.
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