A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I.First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant ("tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.The title is taken from a poem by the 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.. Sandra Bullock, in full Sandra Annette Bullock, is an American actress and film producer known for her charismatic energy and wit on-screen, especially as girl-next-door characters in romantic comedies. The story of a doomed love affair in World War One, between an English nurse and an American lieutenant. One of the few Sandra Bullock movies that I had not seen. Sandra Bullock, American actress and film producer known for her charismatic energy and wit on-screen. Chris O'Donnell, Sandra Bullock. Still, she is attracted to him and fights a losing battle against his "charm". It has also been made into movies and other forms. This was the 26th Bullock movie that I watched. Her big break came with the thriller Speed (1994), and she went on to act in such hits as Miss Congeniality (2000). Sandra Bullock plays the nurse. A ravishing adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's legendary novel, A FAREWELL TO ARMS stars Gary Cooper (High Noon) as Lt. Frederic Henry, a young ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWI, more interested in chasing women than the enemy. It was kind of choppy. She is competent, caring and considers herself too old for the young Hemmingway. All have been very popular. He doesn't take it well, he smashes up things, goes into a drinking depression and is never the same. They could have spent more time on that, I felt. Later published as a novel in September of 1929. What is this one about? Buy movie tickets in advance, find movie times, watch trailers, read movie reviews, and … When seeking cover during an air raid, he encounters Nurse Catherine Barkley (a radiant Helen Hayes), and the world shifts under his feet. Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell star in Academy Award-winner Richard Attenborough's epic love story about Ernest Hemingway and the romance which inspried him to write his masterpiece A Farewell to Arms. Bullock later earned an Oscar for her role in The Blind Side (2009). Vor dem Kinostart ihres neuesten Films "Ocean's 8" hat "red." A Farewell to Arms (1957) Posted on May 15, 2017 June 10, 2017 by trommelfeuer It’s been a bit of a trudge at times, this journey of mine through the first one hundred years of Great War Films. Sandra Bullock plays the nurse and I liked her very much in this role. Why I watched this one? She finds herself being torn in differing directions by her heart on the one hand and her intellect on the other.