A ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, A Farewell To Arms stars Gary Cooper as Lt. Frederick Henry, a young ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWl, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. When seeking cover during an air raid, he encounters Nurse Catherine Barkley , and the world shifts them apart. These painful separations force Frederic to choose between love and battIe, a decision that tests him morally and spirituaIly, and Ieads to one of the most rapturously romantic endings of alI time.
Directed by the great Frank Borzage, winner of Best Director Oscars for 7th Heaven and Bad GirI , A FareweII To Arms was a Best Picture nominee, and one of the crowning achievements of the studio system. |