Fresh
The film is anonymously directed, functionally paced and hysterical at times, though it seduces as a hot-blooded spectacle that stitches emotional detail onto the epic canvas of history.
David Jenkins, Time Out
From Here to Eternity
The boldest book of our time… honestly, fearlessly on the screen!
1953 · 1h 58m · Passed
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
Overview
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Director and cast
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Burt Lancaster as 1st Sgt. Milton Warden
- Montgomery Clift as Pvt. Robert E. Lee 'Prew' Prewitt
- Deborah Kerr as Karen Holmes
- Donna Reed as Alma 'Lorene' Burke
- Frank Sinatra as Pvt. Angelo Maggio
- Ernest Borgnine as Sgt. James R. 'Fatso' Judson
- Philip Ober as Capt. Dana Holmes
- Mickey Shaughnessy as Cpl. Leva
- Harry Bellaver as Pvt. Mazzioli
- Jack Warden as Cpl. Buckley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There isn't a dull moment in the picture.
Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
Fresh
In From Here to Eternity, you can glimpse an uneasier future for America, with the social wreckage and the pretending.
David Thomson, The New Republic
Fresh
It is an important film from any angle, presenting socko entertainment for big business.
William Brogdon, Variety
Rotten
Sominex is cheaper and probably safer.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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