72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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A Farewell to Arms / A FAREWELL TO ARMS

Frank Borzage
     90 m.
Synopsis
Volunteering with the Red Cross, while on duty at the Austrian-Italian front student Frederic Henry strikes up a relationship at a refuge with a nurse called Catherine. Separated by the war, Frederic suffers an injury and is sent to convalesce at Catherine's hospital - an idyll destined to disruption when Frederic is sent back to the front. But lack of response to his letters spurs Frederic's decision to desert and set off in search of the girl.
Director
Frank Borzage
Screenplay
Oliver H. P. Garrett, Benjamin Glazer, (Laurence Stallings)
Photography
Charles Bryant Lang, Jr.
Edition
Otho Lovering, George Nicholls
Music
Ralph Rainger, John Leipold, Bernhard Kaun, Paul Marquardt, Herman Hand, W. Franke Harling
Cast
Helen Hayes (Catherine Barkley), Gary Cooper (Ltn. Frederic Henry), Adolphe Menjou (Major Alessando Rinaldi), Mary Philips (Helen Ferguson)
Running Time
90 m.
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