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A Farewell to Arms

Every woman who has loved will understand

6.2(167)19321h 29m3

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

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  • G

    genplant29

    2/8/2018

    7/10

    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 …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    1/1/2024

    7/10

    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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