Most faithful adaptation?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Farewell to Arms

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HollyAF3 — 18 years ago(January 24, 2008 03:40 PM)

Which version of "A Farewell to Arms" is the most faithful adaptation of the Hemingway novel of the same name? I know there was a later version with Jennifer Jones and Rock Hudson as well as one later made in the 1990s. If anyone knows this information, it would be greatly appreciated.

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guinevere_naberrie — 17 years ago(May 13, 2008 11:37 AM)

this one is not very faithfulfrom the 3 that have been made, I'd say the '57 version is

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KristianHT — 17 years ago(September 10, 2008 02:52 PM)

Though I haven't seen this yet, from the quoted dialogue, the script really twists the book. Completely misses the point

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SeisCinemaSeis — 16 years ago(April 20, 2009 01:21 AM)

I haven't seen the '57 version with Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones but I have read the book.
Borzage's version is not really a faithful adaptation. He practically threw out everything that wasn't related to Frederic-Catherine romance. No wonder why Hemingway disliked it.