A Farewell To Arms

Starring: Jones, Jennifer and Sica, Vittorio de

A U.S. ambulance driver falls in love with an English nurse during World War I. From the Hemingway novel.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543172871
• Release Date: April 2008
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox
• Director: Vidor, Charles
• Starring: Jones, Jennifer, Sica, Vittorio de
• Runtime: 2 hours, 32 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Color; NTSC; Closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Very colorful and action-packed

A Farewell to Arms (1957) Rock Hudson David O. Selznick’s production is based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. This is a story of the love between ambulance driver, Lieutenant Henry (Rock Hudson), and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Jennifer Jones), during World War I in Italy. The story is made complex by the interference of Major Rinaldi (Vittorio De Sica). Well, I must admit that I have read Hemingway but not this book. I did, however, see the Gary Cooper movie first. However, it is a story about Love found, love lost - love found – love never lost. This version seems a little fuller and a lot more colorful than the 1932 version. However, the story is also filled with slapstick comic relief and conversational filler tripe. This is still a tearjerker. It has been suggested that Jennifer was a tad old for the part of a 23-year-old nurse. I was so busy with the story that I did not notice. As far as Rock, I think he was thrown into lots of these movies on his handsome leading man's reputation. Vittorio De Sica acted his part quite well; however, I keep seeing him as Cardinal Rinaldi in “The Shoes of the Fisherman” (1968). See Dr. Emerich (Oscar Homolka) again in “The Seven Year Itch (1955).