Hemingway 

Of all the memorable characters created by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway, none was more complicated, more fascinating, or more charismatic than Hemingway himself.... See full summary »

Stars:

Stacy Keach, Josephine Chaplin, Marisa Berenson

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Stacy Keach	...	Ernest Hemingway 4 episodes, 1988
Josephine Chaplin	...	Hadley Richardson 4 episodes, 1988
Marisa Berenson	...	Pauline Pfeiffer 4 episodes, 1988
Lisa Banes	...	Martha Gelhorn 4 episodes, 1988
Pamela Reed	...	Mary Welsh 4 episodes, 1988
Scott Weinger	...	Patrick Hemingway 4 episodes, 1988
Pascal Aubier		4 episodes, 1988
Stann Babb	...	Ambulance Tech (1988) 4 episodes, 1988
Jacques Balutin	...	Trainer 4 episodes, 1988
Alba Raquel Barros		4 episodes, 1988
Jaime Bello		4 episodes, 1988
Jay Benedict		4 episodes, 1988
Jean-Yves Berteloot	...	Jean the waiter 4 episodes, 1988
Jorge Bosso	...	Proprietor Hotel La Perla 4 episodes, 1988
Jean-Claude Bouillon		4 episodes, 1988
Uwe Brandner		4 episodes, 1988
Judith Burnett	...	Alice Toklas 4 episodes, 1988
Elia Enid Cadilla		4 episodes, 1988
José María Caffarel		4 episodes, 1988
Raúl Carbonell		4 episodes, 1988
Geoffrey Carey	...	Ezra Pound 4 episodes, 1988
Robert Case		4 episodes, 1988
Laura Cepeda		4 episodes, 1988
Richard De Burnchurch	...	Pat Guthrie 4 episodes, 1988
Consuelo De Haviland	...	Kitty Canell 4 episodes, 1988
Raoul Delfosse		4 episodes, 1988
Jerry Di Giacomo	...	Harold Loeb 4 episodes, 1988
Jesse Doran	...	John Dos Passos 4 episodes, 1988
Bill Dunn		4 episodes, 1988
Brian Edwards		4 episodes, 1988
Tim Eisenhart	...	Dr. Saviers 4 episodes, 1988
Eric Elterman		4 episodes, 1988
Nader Farman	...	Leon Fleischman 4 episodes, 1988
Logan Field		4 episodes, 1988
Alain Flick	...	Lavigne 4 episodes, 1988
Raymond Forchion	...	Willard 4 episodes, 1988
Rafael Fuentes		4 episodes, 1988
Fiona Fullerton	...	Lady Duff Twysden 4 episodes, 1988
Steve Gadler		4 episodes, 1988
Robert Ground		4 episodes, 1988
Fernando Guillén	...	Ordóñez 4 episodes, 1988
Carmen Gutiérrez	...	Housekeeper 4 episodes, 1988
Hans Peter Hallwachs		4 episodes, 1988
Jens Hessel		4 episodes, 1988
Michael Hofland		4 episodes, 1988
Margaret Kelly		4 episodes, 1988
Jeffrey Kime		4 episodes, 1988
Bill Lawrence	...	Life Reporter / ... 4 episodes, 1988
Armando Lodigiani	...	Gregorio Fuentes 4 episodes, 1988
Jack Luceno	...	Evan Shipman 4 episodes, 1988
Daniele Magli		4 episodes, 1988
Philippe Mareuil	...	M. Fouchard 4 episodes, 1988
Phillip Marquis		4 episodes, 1988
Mike Marshall		4 episodes, 1988
Renzo Martini		4 episodes, 1988
Rory McGuinness		4 episodes, 1988
Roy McKechinie		4 episodes, 1988
Michel Modo		4 episodes, 1988
Benjamín Morales		4 episodes, 1988
Michael Morris		4 episodes, 1988
Muritthi		4 episodes, 1988
Bernard Musson		4 episodes, 1988
Carla Orlandi	...	Lola (1988) 4 episodes, 1988
Virgen 'Coco' Orta		4 episodes, 1988
David Pearson		4 episodes, 1988
Emil Perauer		4 episodes, 1988
Jean François Pistori		4 episodes, 1988
Priscilla Pointer	...	Grace Hemingway 4 episodes, 1988
Rebecca Potok	...	Gertrude Stein 4 episodes, 1988
Rex Robbins	...	Max Perkins 4 episodes, 1988
Oscar Rowland		4 episodes, 1988
Carlos Ruiz		4 episodes, 1988
Aldo Sambrell	...	Old Italian Soldier 4 episodes, 1988
Dudley Sutton		4 episodes, 1988
Clarence Thomas		4 episodes, 1988
Ana Torrent		4 episodes, 1988
Uhuru		4 episodes, 1988
Pierre Vernier		4 episodes, 1988
James Villiers	...	Perceval 4 episodes, 1988
Ka Vundla		4 episodes, 1988
Jesse Joe Walsh		4 episodes, 1988
James Ward		4 episodes, 1988
Gérard Watkins		4 episodes, 1988
Stuart Whitman	...	Dr. Hemingway 4 episodes, 1988
Zoey Wilson	...	Sylvia Beach 4 episodes, 1988
Rosel Zech	...	Lilli Marleen 4 episodes, 1988

Storyline

Of all the memorable characters created by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway, none was more complicated, more fascinating, or more charismatic than Hemingway himself. Adored by women and the quintessential "man's man," he was husband, father, lover, war correspondent, brawler, adventurer, and a sportsman. Set against the turbulent history of the times, Hemingway reveals his tender and stormy relationships with his four wives, Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh, each of whom had significant impact on his work.

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Plot Keywords:

tv mini series | based on literary | 

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Genres:

Biography

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Details

Country:

Italy France UK USA West Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

16 May 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ernest: Sto orama tou paradeisou

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alcor Films,Channel 4 Television Corporation,Ciné-Alliance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min (4 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Erinnerungen an 'Hemingway': Bernhard Sinkel im Gespräch mit Robert Fischer (2011)

User Reviews

Generic biopic

"Hemmingway" is a typical biopic with a very generic feel. Keach carries this flick on his back and his worthy costars work hard as well. However, the film never seems to dig into the psyche of the enigmatic, robust, large-living author but presents him as a two dimensional character who is all too pat. Scripted, stagey, and with the melodramatic feel of a 40's film, "Hemmingway" tells the story but can't seem to shake it's stiffness. In one scene, for example, during the Spanish Civil War, bullets crash through the window of Hem's lover's hotel room. Shaken, she gets out of bed and obviously kills time waiting for Hem to arrive. When he bolts through the door they stand right in the line of fire and embrace while we sit knowing all to well if it wasn't a movie they'd be long gone to safety. And so it goes from scene to scene, contrived and cued and missing many opportunities to show us such things as his plane crashes, his car wreck, his sub hunting, Nobel and Pulitzer benchmarks, etc. while spending it's time jumping from Paris to Pamplona to Africa to Key West to Cuba, etc. and from wife to lover to wife to lover...etc. And okay watch for those who want to learn something about Hemmingway via film even though more can be learned about the man with much less time simply by surfing the web. As for entertainment value, this one is marginal. (C+)