A ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, A FareweIl To Arms stars Gary Cooper as Lt. Frederick Henry, a young ambulance driver for the ltalian army in WWI, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking cover during an air raid, he encounters Nurse Catherine BarkIey , and the worId shifts them apart. These painfuI separations force Frederic to choose between love and battIe, a decision that tests him moralIy and spirituaIly, and Ieads to one of the most rapturousIy romantic endings of aIl time.
Directed by the great Frank Borzage, winner of Best Director Oscars for 7th Heaven and Bad GirI , A FareweII To Arms was a Best Picture nominee, and one of the crowning achievements of the studio system. |