My Antonia (1995) (TV)

Regisseur:

Joseph Sargent

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Willa Cather (novel)
Victoria Riskin (teleplay)

Premierendatum:

29. März 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Life in rural Nebraska in the late 1890s. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Auszeichnungen:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Okay, but not totally faithful

Besetzung

Jason Robards	...	Josea Burden
Eva Marie Saint	...	Emmaline Burden
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Jimmy Burden
Jan Triska	...	Mr. Shimerda
Norbert Weisser	...	Otto
Anne Tremko	...	Lena Lingard
Travis Fine	...	Harry Paine
Mira Furlan	...	Mrs. Shimerda
Boris Lee Krutonog
Elina Löwensohn	...	Antonia Shimerda
Bobby Goldstein	...	Ambrosch Shimerda
T. Max Graham	...	Mr. Harling
John Livingston	...	Charley Harling
Sarah Bernhardt	...	Sally Harling
Devon Arielle Cahill	...	Nina Harling

Alternativ:

Wege der Liebe (Deutschland) (video title) [de]

Länge:

100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | USA:PG

Drehorte:

Stuhr Museum - 3133 W. Highway 34, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Firma:

Gideon Productions

Okay, but not totally faithful

This film version (the only one for this book, as far as I know) is a good, though simple and very Hollywood-ized production of the Willa Cather classic. After enjoying the book, I was looking forward to the movie- but was disappointed. The filmmakers stayed mostly faithful to the novel, though the actors could have done better jobs. This is partly because of the script, however, and though it sticks to the main events in the novel, it just barely covers them. The setting is beautiful, and I agree that the Lena-portrayal was right on track. However, in the novel, there was no romance between Antonia and Jim, as is "started" in the movie. He loved her, but she always thought of him more as a brother than a beau, according to the book.

Overall, this film version was okay- but definitely not exceptional.