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Synopsis: Frederick Henry, an American serving as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian forces in the First World War, is wounded and falls in love with his attending nurse, the British Catherine Barkley. In the midst of war and some intrigue, the pair struggles to stay together and to survive the horrors around them.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Production: Fox
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1957
152 min
977 Views


Why did you do it?

Oh, I missed out on a job

as war correspondent.

I didn't want to kill anybody, so I

tried the Red Cross, to have a look.

- To have a look?

- Yes, I may want to do some writing.

They assigned me

to the auto ambulance.

- End of story.

- With me, it's a different story.

I am a lover of mankind...

- Major Rinaldi?

- Yes.

Dr. Gates would like to see you,

if you have time.

Yes, I have time. Will you pardon me?

Will you follow me please, doctor?

With pleasure.

What's the stick?

It belonged to a boy

who was killed last year.

Oh, I'm sorry. I...

He was a very nice boy.

He was going to marry me.

- He was killed in the Somme.

- That was a mean battle.

His mother sent me the little stick.

They returned it with his things.

- Were you engaged long?

- Eight years.

- We grew up together.

- Why didn't you marry him?

I don't know. I was a fool not to.

Have you ever loved anyone?

Off and on.

You have beautiful hair.

I was going to cut it all off

when he died.

That would've been a shame.

I wanted to do something for him.

He could've had anything

he wanted if I had known.

I would have married him, or anything.

I thought it would be worse for him

to go to war if we were lovers.

Then, of course, he was killed.

That was the end of it.

I don't know.

Oh, yes. That's the end of it.

It's very beautiful here.

- Is it true they'll have an offensive?

- So I've heard.

Then we'll have some work.

There's no work now.

- Done nursing long?

- Since the end of ' 15.

I started when he did.

I remember having a silly idea he might

come to the hospital where I was.

With a saber cut, I suppose,

and a bandage around his head.

- It doesn't happen like that.

- No, he didn't have a saber cut.

They blew him all to bits.

- Do you suppose it will always go on?

- No.

- What's to stop it?

- It'll crack somewhere.

It really doesn't matter.

We die anyway.

It takes a while.

You think so?

Will you excuse me?

I have to go now.

Miss Barkley...

I have been thinking

about Miss Barkley.

She has beauty and mystery,

but she is not for us.

Miss Barkley is not only a woman,

she is a problem.

- It is not a good mixture.

- Your lectures throw me off.

Well, gentlemen, I have news.

Tomorrow morning,

rain or shine, we advance.

We advance in the morning, and I am

wasting time with a billiard ball.

With this news,

it will be impossible...

...to get into Villa Rosa

with a shoehorn.

You go. I'm not in the mood.

This is madness. Tomorrow night,

you will be in the Alps, freezing.

You'll need a few warm memories.

I am stupid. The British.

You are going to call on Miss Barkley

in spite of my warnings.

- Father Galli, I need your help.

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Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write thirty-five books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. more…

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