

A Farewell to Arms
Every woman who has loved will understand
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- escape
- nurse
- world war i
- italy
- pregnancy
- love letter
- priest
- hospital
- best friend
- pre-code
- air raid
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR8 Dec 1932
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical9 Oct 1933
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-Issue27 Aug 2026
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB8 Dec 1932
NetherlandsNL
- Premiere168 Dec 1932
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1530 Aug 1933
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A Farewell to Arms was released on 8 December 1932.
Audience reviews
2- G7/10
genplant29
2/8/2018
An Academy Awards Best Picture nominee, this is a very good film that, despite its occasional experimentation and evident striving for greatness, doesn't quite reach the mark it hopes to. Nonetheless, it's unmistakably high quality and remains very watchable, enduringly appealing, and, in places, impressive. The big glaring shortcomings are the experimental moments - which don't work and are distracting - and the …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/1/2024
Frank Borzage presents us here with quite an effectively abridged version of the Hemmingway story of wartime romance. "Frederic" (Gary Cooper) is an American soldier who finds himself in hospital being cared for by nurse "Catherine" (the almost porcelain-like Helen Hayes). Their's is quickly a love story that has to compete with the atrocities of the Great War as he and she are both transferred and it becomes harder …
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