From here to eternity

From Here to Eternity (original title: From Here to Eternity) is an American film about 1953 directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on the 1951 novel of the same name by James Jones.

The main actors are Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra. The film participated in the official selection of the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

In 2002, it was deemed "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Synopsis

Private Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) is transferred to Hawaii in 1941. His new captain (Philip Ober) knows that he is a good fighter and wants him to fight representing the company. However, Prewitt has given up boxing and refuses to participate because in a training session he hit his partner with such bad luck that it blinded him. The captain orders his subordinates to make life impossible for him, with the idea that he will change his mind. Meanwhile, Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) begins seeing the captain's wife, Karen (Deborah Kerr), willing to enter into a relationship with another man due to problems in her marriage. During this relationship, the famous scene of Karen and Warden's bath on the beach takes place. Maggio (Frank Sinatra), Prewitt's friend, has a confrontation with one of the sergeants (Ernest Borgnine) - a cruel jailer who promises revenge if he is locked up. For the fight they impose a six-month punishment on him. There he is brutally treated by that sergeant but escapes and dies. Prewitt challenges the vengeful guardian to a knife fight to the death in an alleyway, where he kills him, though he too is somewhat seriously injured. Meanwhile, Prewitt had fallen in love with a club employee, Alma (Donna Reed), who hides him and takes care of her. Without anyone suspecting anything, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. During it and due to the security measures imposed, Prewitt, who wants to join his unit despite being wounded, does not stop when ordered by a soldier and he is killed. The film ends with Karen and Alma on the ship that will take them to the continental United States.

Cast

• Burt Lancaster as First Sergeant Milton Warden
• Montgomery Clift as Private Robert E. Lee Prew Prewitt
• Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes
• Donna Reed as Alma Burke / Lorene
• Frank Sinatra as Private Angelo Maggio
• Philip Ober as Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes
• Mickey Shaughnessy as Sergeant Leva
• Harry Bellaver as Class Mazzioli
• Ernest Borgnine as Sergeant James R. "Fatso" Judson
• Jack Warden as Corporal Buckley
• John Dennis as Sergeant Ike Galovitch
• Merle Travis as Sal Anderson
• Tim Ryan like Sergeant Pete Karelsen
• Arthur Keegan like Treadwell
• Barbara Morrison as Mrs. Kipfer

Shooting

Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster starred in a famous and historic scene on the beach at Halona Cove in Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, in which they kissed passionately and served as a poster for the film. More than 100 people participated in its filming and it lasted three days.

Awards

The film won eight Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Frank Sinatra), Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed), Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound, and was nominated for five others: Best Lead Actor (Burt Lancaster and Montgomery Clift), Best Lead Actress (Deborah Kerr), Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design.