Battlefield Clock (1)

Author: Ernest Hemingway (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the Republican side fought against the fascist Nationalist Party regime. Robert, an American lecturer, was recruited by General Gutz to join the guerrillas and was assigned to blow up the iron bridge in the gorge, with a deadline of dawn three days later. In the mountains, Robert met the beautiful Maria, a young woman. Maria's father was originally a town mayor but was brutally killed by the Nationalists, and Maria herself was also humiliated. Amidst the war, they had only three days and three nights to fall in love, after which they were separated by life and death. This film is based on a well-known heroic incident in American history. Adapted from the masterpiece of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway, films based on his works include The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and To Have and Have Not, with A Farewell to Arms being the most outstanding. Catherine Deneuve, who played Pilar in the film, won the 16th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, becoming one of the top ten box office hits in the United States in 1943.