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A Bell for Adano (1945)

A Bell for Adano poster
Directed by
Henry King
Genre
drama film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American army major tries to help an Italian town recover after World War Two. He works to replace a local bell that was taken by the fascists.

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What happens

A Bell for Adano is a 1945 American war film directed by Henry King and starring John Hodiak and Gene Tierney. It was adapted from the 1944 novel of the same title by John Hersey, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1945. The story had been staged as a Broadway play in 1944 starring Fredric March. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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