7.6
Talk to Her
2002
“Thunderous! Tender! Touching!”
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
July 12, 19432h 50mEN
6.5
208 votes
Overview
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
Director
Sam WoodWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Budget
$3.0M
Revenue
$17.8M
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
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CinemaSerf
6.0Trying to adapt this Ernest Hemingway novel for the screen was always going to be quite an ask, and for me it was just one too much for Gary Cooper - even if the author had written it with him in mind for the role of the intrepid “Jordan”. He is more of an academic rather than a crusader, but he is experienced with explosives, restless and soon finds himself attracted by the Internationals Brigade fighting for the republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. With heavy snow on the ground, he is tasked by their Soviet armourers with working under the audacious “Pilar” (Katina Paxinou) to mine an…
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