- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tom Hutchinson
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3 out of 5
Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman turn Ernest Hemingway's classic tale of the Spanish Civil War into a star vehicle made for two, while director Sam Wood scrubs this tale clean of political taint (there's no mention of Franco, for example). Cooper plays an American member of a loyalist partisan group who falls for Bergman while on a mission to blow up a bridge. Though lacking in context, the film's focus on Cooper's love for the much-abused Bergman works well enough because of the quality of the two actors. However, it was Katina Paxinou's performance as a strong-willed guerilla fighter that won the Oscar, perhaps for the sense of reality she brought to the otherwise sanitised proceedings.
Plot Summary
War drama starring Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper. American adventurer Robert Jordan joins a motley band of guerrillas fighting for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War, but his love affair with the tempestuous Maria imperils his companions.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Maria
- Ingrid Bergman
- Robert Jordan
- Gary Cooper
- Pablo
- Akim Tamiroff
- Pilar
- Katina Paxinou
- Anselmo
- Vladimir Sokoloff
- Agustin
- Arturo de Cordova
- Rafael
- Mikhail Rasumny
Crew
- Director
- Sam Wood
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