For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou. This was Ingrid Bergman's first technicolor film. Hemingway handpicked Cooper and Bergman for their roles. 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... More

Initial release date:

  • 1943

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 50 min

Also known as:

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls,
  • Wem die Stunde schlägt

Film

Directed by

Sam Wood

Samuel Grosvenor "Sam" Wood (July 10, 1884 – September 22, 1949) was an American film director, and producer, who was best known for directing such Hollywood hits as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and The Pride of the Yankees. He was also involved in a few acting and...

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Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1943
  • Nov 17, 1998
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Runtime:

  • 2 h 50 min
  • 2 h 46 min
  • 2 h 14 min
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Awards

Academy Award for Actor in a Leading Role Nominees

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Film Winners

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,279
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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Adapted From

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to a republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on...

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