Film1943170 min

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Name: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1943
Duration: 170 min
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Córdova, Vladimir Sokoloff

Taste attributes: adventuredramahistoryromancethrillerwarhistoricalheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"Thunderous! Tender! Touching!"

Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, serious war film, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.7 /10

TMDB · 123 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress

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