For whom the bell tolls [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; a Sam Wood production ; director, producer, Sam Wood ; screenplay, Dudley Nichols.
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FilmPublisher number: 20423 | Universal Home VideoLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, 1998.Description: 1 videodisc (166 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0783229488
- 9780783229485
- For whom the bell tolls (Motion picture).
- Music, Victor Young.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA For whom | Available | 33111006680595 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
"Newly restored with intermission music, photo montage and original theatrical trailer."
Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1943.
Special features: production notes, cast & filmmakers' bios, film highlights, theatrical trailer, web links.
Music, Victor Young.
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Cordova, Joseph Calleia, Katina Paxinou.
"The story of Robert Jordan (Cooper), an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors that includes the strong-willed Pilar (Katina Paxinou), the dangerously undependable Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), and the lovely, innocent Maria (Bergman). As danger mounts, Robert and Maria develop a closeness that blossoms into one of the screen's greatest love stories."--Container.
DVD, region, NTSC; full frame (1.33:1); Dolby Digital 2-channel mono.
Dialog in English, [dubbed] Spanish and [dubbed] French; with optional subtitles in Spanish and French. Closed-captioned.