Movie Cosmos - In Love and War

Description:

After teenage ambulance driver Ernest Hemingway takes shrapnel in the leg during World War I, he falls in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a beautiful older nurse at the hospital where he's sent to recover. Their affair slowly blossoms, until Hemingway boldly asks Agnes to be his wife and journey to America with him.

Top Cast >

Sandra Bullock

As Agnes von Kurowsky

Chris O'Donnell

As Ernest 'Ernie' Hemingway

Mackenzie Astin

As Henry Villard

Margot Steinberg

As Mabel 'Rosie' Rose

Alan Bennett

As Porter

Ingrid Lacey

As Elsie 'Mac' MacDonald

George Rossi

As Triage Medic

Carlo Croccolo

As Town Mayor

Laura Nardi

As Teresa

Tara Hugo

As Katherine 'Gumshoe' De Long

Diane Witter

As Adele Brown

Allegra Di Carpegna

As Loretta Cavanaugh

Mindy Lee Raskin

As Charlotte Anne Miller

Tracy Hostmyer

As Ruth Harper

Kaethe Cherney

As Veta Markley

Lauren Booth

As Anna Scanlon

Rebecca Craig

As Elena Crouch

Frances Riddelle

As Katherine Smith

Wendi Peters

As Emily Rahn

Maria Petrucci

As Sonia

Valeria Fabbri

As Anna Maria

Ian Kelly

As Jimmy McBride

Colin Stinton

As Tom Burnside

Vincenzo Nicoli

As Enrico Biscaglia

Raffaello Degruttola

As Francesco (as Raph Taylor)

Todd Curran

As Skip Talbot

Emilio Bonucci

As Dr. Domenico Caracciolo

Matthew Sharp

As Joseph Larkin

Nick Brooks

As Louis Burton

Tom Goodman-Hill

As Houston Kenyon

Doreen Mantle

As Emilia

Vincent Riotta

As Italian Officer (as Vincenzo Ricotta)

Joseph Long

As Italian Doctor

Kay Hawtrey

As Grace Hemingway

Noah Reid

As Boy

Laura Martelli

As Isabella Caracciolo

Philippe Leroy

As Count Sergio Caracciolo

Richard Fitzpatrick

As Mailman

Terence Sach

As Porter

Gigi Vivan

As Italian Child

Giuseppe Bonato

As Grandfather

Top Crew >

Richard Attenborough

Director, Producer

Allan Scott

Screenplay, Screenstory

Anna Hamilton Phelan

Screenplay

Dimitri Villard

Screenstory, Producer

Clancy Sigal

Screenplay

Stuart Craig

Production Design

Michael Stevenson

Second Assistant Director

Roger Pratt

Director of Photography

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Les Benson

Props

Chris Kenny

Supervising Producer

Mark Lisbon

Stunts

Emma Stokes

Stand In

Janis Rothbard Chaskin

Associate Producer

Michael Lamont

Art Direction

James Nagel

Book

Penny Rose

Costume Design

Henry S. Villard

Book, Thanks

Tom Aitken

Stunts

Rene Haynes

Casting

Dean Forster

Stunts

Jeremy Zimmermann

Casting

Romo Gorrara

Stunts

Diana Hawkins

Co-Producer

Richard Bradshaw

Stunts

Sara Risher

Executive Producer

Lesley Walker

Editor

John King

Art Direction

Stephenie McMillan

Set Decoration

Clare Walker

Casting

Neil Lamont

Supervising Art Director

Eddie Stacey

Stunt Coordinator

Ray De-Haan

Stunts

John Norster

Assistant Costume Designer

Tim Wooster

Camera Operator

Reviews:

Wuchak (7/10)

When Ernest Hemmingway was 19

Based on the true story, a 19 year-old Ernest Hemmingway (Chris O'Donnell) falls for an older nurse (Sandra Bullock) after being wounded in Italy during WW1.

“In Love and War” (1996) is a solid historical drama/romance similar in spirit to “Legends of the Fall” (1994). As presented in the film, young Hemmingway has a likable, respectable side, but we also see evidence of his immense flaws, such as self-serving lying and exaggeration of his exploits.

At least one important scene is fictitious, and another one probably is as well, but I don’t want to give them away. Look up the facts after watching. Nonetheless, it’s clear that Hemingway’s relationship with Agnes von Kurowsky deeply affected him as he included elements of it in several of his stories, including A Farewell to Arms.

The film runs 1 hour, 53 minutes and was shot in Veneto, Italy, and Québec, Canada.

GRADE: B

2020-09-06