For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway's 1939 novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, stands among the great pieces of American literature. Sam Wood's direction of the script by Dudley Nichols stars Gary Cooper as Hemingway's pain-ridden, love-torn hero, Robert Jordan, a Montana schoolteacher who risks his life to fight Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War. Jordan joins a group of Spanish guerrilla fighters whose mission is to blow up a bridge behind enemy lines. Ingrid Bergman plays Maria, a beautiful Spanish refugee who has been rendered mute by the trauma of a rape. Over the course of four days, Maria and Jordan fall head over heels in love, a plotline that subsumes the fighting and the war itself. Still, it is Katina Paxinou as Pilar, the hen mother of the guerrilla troop, who steals the show in her Oscar-winning performance. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS is not to be missed by any Hemingway fan.

Cast:

Year - Presenter		Award Category		Result		Name
1943 - Academy Awards		Best Supporting Actress		Winner		Katina Paxinou

"...Nominated for Oscars in virtually every category....Cooper is every bit the romantic hero..." -- Stephen Applebaum , (Total Film)

"...[A] blend of golden age Hollywood magic and ponderous storytelling..." -- Mike Clark , (USA Today)

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