For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Directed by Sam Wood
Written by Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Dudley Nichols
Starring Gary Cooper
Ingrid Bergman
Akim Tamiroff
Joseph Calleia
Katina Paxinou
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) July 14, 1943
Running time 170 min.
Language English
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou. 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.

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

The movie 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, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Best Picture.

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.

  • This was Ingrid Bergman's first technicolor film.
  • Hemingway greatly disliked the film, due to the removal of the book's political content.
  • Hemingway handpicked Cooper and Bergman for their roles.

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


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