73%User score 73 percent
Land and Freedom
1995 · War · Drama
User Score
213 votes
Thunderous! Tender! Touching!
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.
Recommendations based on this film
CinemaSerf
March 12, 2026
Trying to adapt this Ernest Hemingway novel for the screen was always going to be quite an ask, and for me it was just one too much for Gary Cooper - even if the author had written it with him in mind for the role of the intrepid “Jordan”. He is more of an academic rather than a crusader, but he is experienced with explosives, restless and soon finds himself attracted by the Internationals Brigade fighting for the re…
Read the full review on TMDBReviews are written by the TMDB community, not by For Whom the Bell Tolls's publisher.
