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Released
1943 · FILM

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Thunderous! Tender! Touching!

Directed by
Runtime
170 min
AdventureDramaHistory

Synopsis

Set in Spain during the 1930s, the story follows Robert Jordan, a man drawn to action amid the backdrop of a civil war. Having aligned himself with the side favored by idealists of the time, Jordan is tasked with a dangerous mission in the mountains. His objective is to destroy a key bridge at the most opportune moment to stop the enemy's advance.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John F Link SrShot by Ray RennahanScored by Victor YoungDesigned by William Cameron Menzies

Box Office

1943 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.9× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$17.8M

Budget$3.0M
Worldwide gross$17.8M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Wem die Stunde schlägtde
  • Por quién doblan las campanases
  • Pour qui sonne le glasfr
  • Per chi suona la campanait

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