''Nostromo'' is a 1997 British-Italian television drama series directed by

Alastair Reid Alastair Reid (22 March 1926, in Whithorn – 21 September 2014, in Manhattan) was a Scottish poet and a scholar of South American literature. He was known for his lighthearted style of poems and for his translations of South American poets Jo ...

and produced by Fernando Ghia of Pixit Productions, a co-production with

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, and WGBH Boston. The music is composed by Ennio Morricone. It stars

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, Colin Firth and Albert Finney. It is described as "an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's epic story ''

Nostromo ''Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard'' is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in monthly instalments of '' T.P.'s Weekly''. In 1998, the Modern Lib ...

'' of political upheaval, greed and romance in turn-of-the-20th-century South America."

Cast

as Nostromo *

as Capt. Mitchell *

as Martin Decoud *

as Teresa Viola *

Joaquim de Almeida Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida (born 15 March 1957) is a Portuguese actor. Almeida began his acting career in theatre during the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film '' The Soldier'', and later ach ...

as Col. Sotillo *

Brian Dennehy Brian Manion Dennehy (; July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He won two Tony Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Golden Globe, and received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Dennehy had roles in ...

as Joshua C. Holroyd * Albert Finney as Dr. Monygham * Colin Firth as Charles Gould *Roberto Escobar as Pedro Montero *

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as Antonia Avellanos * Fernando Hilbeck as Don Jose Avellanos *

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as Emilia Gould * Salvatore Basile as Gen. Montero *

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as Ramirez *

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as Don Pepe *

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as Giselle Viola * Stefania Montorsi as Linda Viola *

Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish fam ...

as Giorgio Viola

Release and reception

The series was filmed in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia over twenty weeks in 1995. It had a budget of about 20 million dollars. It premiered on 25 June 1996 at the 48th

Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international Television, Radio-broadcasting and Web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with the ...

Festival. ''Nostromo'' was later broadcast on the American channel

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's ''

Masterpiece Theatre ''Masterpiece'' (formerly known as ''Masterpiece Theatre'') is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on January 10, 1971. The series has presented numerous acclaimed Briti ...

'' and Italian channel Raiuno on 5 January 1997, and was shown on BBC 2 in the UK from 1 February 1997. The series was nominated for an

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for Outstanding Latino/a Cast in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series and Claudio Amendola won the Golden Pegasus Award for Best Television Actor at the Italian Flaiano International Prizes.

References

External links

* 1997 Italian television series debuts 1997 Italian television series endings 1990s Italian television series Italian television miniseries Italian television series 1990s British television miniseries Period television series 1997 British television series debuts 1997 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series BBC television dramas English-language television shows Films scored by Ennio Morricone Films based on works by Joseph Conrad Films directed by Alastair Reid Television shows based on works by Joseph Conrad {{UK-tv-prog-stub