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DVD ~ Gary Cooper
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  • Actors: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff
  • Directors: Sam Wood
  • Producers: Sam Wood, Buddy G. DeSylva
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Nov 1998
  • Run Time: 170 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0783229488
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 98,642 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a great Hemingway adaptation, 22 Nov 2002
By Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Whom The Bell Tolls [VHS] [1943] (VHS Tape)
When Hemingway picked Cooper and Bergman for this 1943 film, he could not have done better. They are heavenly to look at, and the chemistry between them is palpable. The dialogue has retained the style of the book, and they make it sound so natural, which is not an easy feat. Set in 1937 Spain, this Civil War story is an action packed adventure, but above all, it is a love story.

Terrific cinematography by Ray Rennahan, a good atmospheric score by Victor Young, and a slew of interesting character actors (Katina Paxinou won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress) back the magnificent leads.
Cooper is not only gorgeous, but gives a subtle, lovely performance, and Bergman, looking younger than her 29 years, with short, curly hair, is luminous. I love the scene where she gets her first kiss, and says "I always wondered where the noses went".

Directed by Sam Wood, who a year earlier had directed one of Cooper's most famous films, "The Pride of the Yankees" (and in '45 was to team again with Cooper and Bergman for "Saratoga Trunk"), did a wonderful job with Hemingway's novel...it stands up to many viewings, and is a must for Cooper and Bergman fans.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars MIND THE GAP!, 20 April 2006
By Big Al (Sandhurst, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: For Whom The Bell Tolls [DVD] [1943] (DVD)
I bought this for a friend, and to be honest the film didn't do a lot for me, but the real purpose of my review is to alert potential buyers to an oddity about the DVD that could lead them to believing it is faulty. I sent the DVD back to Amazon because the first chapter (supposedly containing the titles etc) appeared to have sound but no vision at all. The replacement was the same. However I let ths one play on and eventually the opening titles appeared. It seems there is a very long empty gap at the beginning where the screen is completely blank. Normally an overture is accompanied by a colour wash or something visual, but not in this case. Beware!
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars "Any Man's death diminishes me ", 31 Mar 2007
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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"Because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore send to know
for who the bell tolls.
It tolls for thee."

Spain 1937. Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) came to Spain o fight for "The Republic" (a nice way to say for the commies) and against nationalists. He also had a dislike for Germans and Italians. His assignment was to go behind the nationalist lines and blow up a bridge at a strategic moment. There this stoic hero meets a peasant girl (a much too young for Gary, Ingrid Bergman) with a bad haircut and that barely escaped a train ride. They naturally fall in love which complicates things. Will this jeopardize the mission? Do we care?

Along with this we have the classic mixture of characters that you can not tell if they are the good guys or the bad guys. The two that stand out besides the hero and his girl are Katina Paxinou (sort of a female Antony Quinn) as the doyenne, and Akim Tamiroff as the once good guerilla who may be bad or just self-centered. Who they were and how the acted was quite a predicable formula.

The story is an adoption from the Ernest Hemingway novel. Of course they could not put everything in the story and too a few liberties. We also miss the dialog that people read Hemmingway for.

The initial credits are in some annoying script (Parchment) make it hard to read at a glance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic!!
This film has got to be one of the classics,in my opinion.Set in the Spanish civil war,it is a story of love and courage and also high drama. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
I was bored. Unfortunatelly, because I am a huge fan of both G. Cooper and I. Bergman...
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