A ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's Iegendary novel, A FarewelI To Arms stars Gary Cooper as Lt. Frederick Henry, a young ambulance driver for the ItaIian army in WWl, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking cover during an air raid, he encounters Nurse Catherine Barkley , and the world shifts them apart. These painful separations force Frederic to choose between Iove and battle, a decision that tests him moraIly and spiritualIy, and leads 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 Girl , A FareweII To Arms was a Best Picture nominee, and one of the crowning achievements of the studio system. |