I racconti di Ernest Hemingway

Name: I racconti di Ernest Hemingway
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-04-29
Cast: Roberto Chevalier, Ernesto Colli, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Gianfranco Freisteiner, Mauro Laurentino

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Drama

Creator:Gian Pietro Calasso

The series consisted of two dramas carefully selected by Calasso, based on Ernest Hemingway's The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and Other Stories (originally published in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, 1938): The Undefeated and The Killers. The first was set in the Spain of bullfighters, while the second was set in the underworld of the American provinces. The sets were completely recreated in the studios of the Rai Production Center in Naples.

Details

StatusReturning Series

First AiredApril 29, 1975

Last AiredMay 6, 1975

Episode Runtime2sa

Seasons1

Episodes2

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryItaly

Original LanguageItalian

Spoken LanguagesItaliano

Last Episode

S1 E2 • 5/6/1975

The Killers

Filmed in a stark, minimalist style, this episode adapts Hemingway's famous narrative about a boxer who refused to throw a rigged fight. The entire plot unfolds during an autumn afternoon in an American provincial diner, where two hitmen, Al and Max (Ernesto Colli and Vittorio Mezzogiorno), hold the staff hostage while waiting to execute their target. When the boxer fails to show up, a young man named Nick (Roberto Chevalier) rushes to warn him, only to find the athlete completely resigned to his inevitable fate.