In another country (1932)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | In another country |
| Original title | A farewell to arms |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1932 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Borzage |
| script |
Benjamin Glazer , Oliver HP Garrett |
| music |
Herman Hand , William Franke Harling , Bernhard Kaun , John Leipold , Paul Marquardt , Ralph Rainger , Milan Roder |
| camera | Charles Lang |
| cut |
Otho Lovering , George Nichols Jr. |
| occupation | |
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In Another Land (Original title: A Farewell to Arms ) is an American drama film directed by Frank Borzage in 1932. The screenplay is based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway .
action
Lieutenant Fred Henry served as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army during World War I. In his free time he is out and about with his friend Captain Rinaldi to drink and make women beautiful. On one of these tours, Fred meets the English nurse Catherine Barkley. Catherine's fiancé died in the war. Rinaldi had actually planned to introduce Fred to Catherine's colleague Helen Ferguson. Rinaldi is in love with Catherine himself, but when he realizes that Fred and Catherine have fallen in love, he withdraws.
A few days later Fred is ordered back to the front. He promises Catherine to come back to her. Afraid that Fred might lose his head because of a woman, Rinaldi takes Catherine to Milan . Fred is wounded and Rinaldi rushes to the front to take care of his friend. Then he sends him to Milan to recover. Fred and Catherine spend happy days in Milan, during which they are unofficially married by the priest Ferguson. But when a nurse finds bottles of liquor under his mattress, Fred's recovery time is over. He is sent back to the front.
Catherine tells her friend Helen that she is pregnant. She travels to Brissago in Switzerland to wait for Fred there. Because of Rinaldi's zeal, the letters Catherine and Fred write to each other are constantly being sent back. Fred is worried because he hasn't heard from Catherine in a long time. He deserted and made his way to Switzerland. Ferguson informs him of the pregnancy, but does not want to tell him Catherine's whereabouts. So Fred places an ad suggesting that Catherine meet at a hotel. Rinaldi reads the ad and meets with Fred. He tells him Ferguson spoke of Fred's death. Rinaldi offers to write in his report that Fred is suffering from trauma, but Fred refuses. Now Rinaldi realizes how much Fred loves Catherine and informs him where Catherine is now.
With the help of the hotel owner Henry, who lends him a boat, Fred escapes to Switzerland. In Brissago, Catherine suffers from a broken heart. Fred arrives in Brissago when Catherine has to deliver the child by caesarean section. However, the child is stillborn. Catherine dies in Fred's arms as the people celebrate the end of the war.
background
The premiere took place on December 8, 1932. The estimated budget for the film was $ 800,000. Herman Bing as a Swiss postal worker and Doris Lloyd as a nurse took on appearances not mentioned in the credits.
The title track A Farewell to Arms was composed by Allie Wrubel and Abner Silver . In addition, music by Peter Tschaikowski and Richard Wagner ( Der Ring des Nibelungen / Tristan und Isolde ) was used.
The MPPDA took offense at the seduction scene and the scene with the birth. After a screening in front of MPPDA officials, it was decided that the birth scene was not a violation of the Hays Code , due to the size of the film and the quality of the directorial work. Will H. Hays , chairman of the MPPDA, nevertheless complained about the scene, which was finally cut. Nevertheless, like the novel, the film was temporarily banned in Great Britain and Australia.
In 1957 Charles Vidor made a remake under the same title , which was produced by David O. Selznick with great effort. The main roles were played by Rock Hudson , Jennifer Jones and Vittorio De Sica . The remake was a failure with critics and audiences alike.
Reviews
Mordaunt Hall from the New York Times praised the courageous production, the artful camera work and the good recording quality, but also complained about too much sentiment and too little tightness. Variety found Frank Borzage prank Hemingway's novella with skill and ingenuity.
Awards
In 1934 Charles Lang ( Best Cinematography ) and Franklin Hansen ( Best Sound ) each won an Oscar. There were also nominations in the categories of Best Film and Best Production Design for Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson .
Web links
- In another country in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In another country at Turner Classic Movies (English)
- A Farewell to Arms in the Internet Archive (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Business on imdb.com
- ^ John Reid: Award-Winning Films of the 1930s . Lulu Press 2004, p. 73.
- ↑ See wagneropera.net ( Memento from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ See Notes on tcm.com
- ^ Mordaunt Hall : Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper and Adolphe Menjou in a Film of Hemingway's "Farewell to Arms." In: The New York Times , December 9, 1932.
- ↑ See A Farewell to Arms . In: Variety , 1932.