Hemingway: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hemingway interweaves a close study of the biographical events of the author's life with excerpts from his fiction, non-fiction and short stories, informed by interviews with celebrated writers, scholars and Hemingway's son, Patrick. The filmmakers explore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters, including novels The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea; short stories "Hills Like White Elephants," "The Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber," "Up in Michigan," "Indian Camp" and "The Snows of Kilimanjaro;" as well as the nonfiction works Death in the Afternoon and A Moveable Feast.

Series details

• Title: Hemingway
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2021-04-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-08-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 50323
• TVDB ID: 394111

Cast and credited roles

• Jeff Daniels — Ernest Hemingway
• Peter Coyote — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-04-05; final listed air date 2021-08-14; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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