Frederic picks up her body and turns slowly toward the window, sobbing "Peace, Peace." She tells him she is not afraid and dies in Frederic's arms as the sun rises. He soothes her and tells her they can never really be parted. When Catherine regains consciousness, she and Frederic exchange heartbreaking endearments and plan the future, until Catherine panics and begs Frederic to hold her tight because she is going to die and is afraid. After the operation, the surgeon tells Frederic that the baby, a boy, died in the womb long before Catherine came to the hospital. As Frederic arrives, Catherine is wheeled into the operating room for a Caesarean section. She goes into labor and is taken to the hospital where she endures prolonged and unproductive labor. Meanwhile, Catherine discovers that all of the letters to Frederic have been returned, marked "Return to Sender". Rinaldi, realizing his mistakes, tells Frederic that she is in Brissago, Switzerland and helps Frederic get there, apologizing for keeping the lovers apart. Rinaldi meets Frederic at a hotel where Frederic reveals that Catherine is going to have a baby. Meanwhile, the hospital at Milan returns all of Frederic's letters to him, marked "person unknown." He tells the Padre that he is deserting and going to Milan to find Catherine.Ī Farewell to Arms ad from The Film Daily, 1932įrederic makes it to Milan but finds only Fergie is there, who refuses to tell him anything except that Catherine was pregnant and is gone. Rinaldi, unbeknownst to Frederic, is having all letters from Catherine "Returned to sender". In Turin, Rinaldi tries to entice Frederic to have some fun, but Frederic is intent on writing to Catherine. While apart, Catherine writes letters to Frederic, never revealing her pregnancy. Catherine then meets with Fergie and reveals to her that she is pregnant and is going to Switzerland to have the child. He promises he will always come back, and they kiss before he leaves. While waiting for his train, Catherine confides to Frederic that she is scared of each of them dying. Back at the hospital, Frederic is told his convalescent leave is canceled. As she leaves, she warns Frederic that if he gets Catherine pregnant, she will kill him. Months later, Catherine and Frederic ask Fergie for their wedding, who rejects the offer saying they won't marry due to the war. He then performs an unofficial wedding service for the couple. He asks if they would marry if they could, and they answer "yes". Later that night, an Italian Army chaplain known as "Padre" visits Frederic and sees that he and Catherine are lovers. Frederic is sent to the hospital in Milan where he receives a chilly reception from Fergie while Catherine rushes to his bed to embrace him. The head nurse then suggests sending Catherine back to base, but instead, the Major transfers Catherine to Milan.Īt the front, Frederic is badly wounded in the legs and head when an artillery shell blows up his bunker. Rinaldi observes all of this, and then enters a major's office where it is revealed that Rinaldi had orchestrated the separation to prevent Frederic from being with Catherine.
Frederic finds Catherine and tells her that he will be away and that he wants her to know that what happened between them was important to him, and that he will survive the battle unscathed. In the morning, three ambulances, including Frederic's, are leaving for what will be known as the Second Battle of the Piave River. In the darkness, he romantically seduces her, over her resistance, and is taken aback and touched to discover she was a virgin. Away by themselves, he tries to kiss her and she slaps him, but after they talk more, she asks him to kiss her again. During a concert for officers and nurses, Frederic and Catherine walk into the garden, and Catherine reveals that she had been engaged for eight years to a soldier who was killed in battle. Rinaldi persuades Frederic to go on a double date with him and two nurses, who turn out to be Catherine and her friend Helen Ferguson, or "Fergie". The somewhat drunk Frederic makes a poor first impression. Frederic and English Red Cross nurse Catherine Barkley, who fled from the nurses’ dormitory in her nightclothes, take shelter in the same dark stairwell. While out carousing with his friend, Italian Captain Rinaldi, they are interrupted by a bombing raid. On the Italian front during World War I, Lieutenant Frederic Henry, an American architect serving as an officer on an ambulance in the Italian Army, delivers some wounded soldiers to a hospital. The film suffered from editing and censorship even at its initial release. This is the plot of the original 1932 film, as it aired on Turner Classic Movies.
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