"His belief in the power of industry to civilise the world, but as he succeeds he sacrifices his wife - and everyone else emotionally. He's a tricky character. I don't think I understood him or his obsession."
Summary:
At the end of the last century a tyrant wreaks havoc in the South American country of Costaguana. He encourages the peasants to rise up and kill their European masters. Ernest Gould, an Englishman and owner of the San Tome silver mine, is murdered and his mine destroyed. Ten years later the tyrant is gone and stability restored. Ernest Gould's son, Charles (Colin Firth) arrives in Costaguana's port city of Sulaco accompanied by his young bride, Emilia (Serena Scott Thomas). He plans to reopen the mine with the backing of American entrepreneur Mr. Holroyd (Brian Dennehy). Both men hope to see untold riches emerge from the revitalized enterprise... ...
And they do, initiating a shining era of prosperity and progress in Costaguana. For local aristocrat Don Jose Avellanos (Fernando Hilbeck), the silver signals a bright future for his people and for his proud daughter, Antonia (Ruth Gabriel). For Nostromo (Claudio Amendola), the incorruptible head of the local dockworkers, a viable mine means steady employment for his men, enabling him to honor his promise to innkeeper Teresa Viola (Claudia Cardinale) that he will marry her eldest daughter and look after her youngest.
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| But for Dr. Monygham (Albert Finney), the cynical survivor of years of brutal tyranny, the return of the silver can only mean a new cycle of corruption and violence, a belief that proves prophetic as Costaguana erupts in civil war initiated by rival warlords determined to seize the mine and its riches. In desperation, Charles turns to the only man who can save the mine's treasure -- Nostromo. As the opposing forces come ever closer to Sulaco, under the command of treacherous Colonel Sotillo (Joaquim De Almeida), Nostromo sets out to sea with an enormous amount of silver to stop it from falling into the hands of the fighters. Martin Decoud (Lothaire Bluteau), death-listed for being the outspoken editor of the local newspaper, also joins Nostromo on his dangerous journey into the unknown. But the silver carries a curse. And when Nostromo returns to Sulaco as the heroic savior of his country, he is burdened by guilt and a terrible secret which forever alters the fates of everyone touched and tainted by the silver mine
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(TV mini-series)
"One of my dreams actually came true because I got to ride a horse through a South American town, ride through the old Spanish quarter caked in dirt, filthy, matted, holding a gun, with Ennio Morricone blasting out in the background and the town burning."
Divided in Episodes:
Episode One
In the 1890s, Englishman Charles Gould (Colin Firth) returns to his boyhood home of Costaguana, South America to reopen the family silver mine where his father was killed in an insurrection years earlier. Welcomed by the country's government and leading citizens, Gould and his wife (Serena Scott Thomas) soon find themselves embroiled in a revolution.
Episode Two
With armed factions battling for control of the silver-rich country of Costaguana in South America, mine-owner Charles Gould turns to the one man who can safeguard his amassed silver bullion -- Nostromo (Claudio Amendola), the incorruptible head of the dockworkers. After a harrowing sea voyage, Nostromo and an accomplice manage to hide the treasure.
Episode Three
Nostromo helps gain independence for a silver-rich province in the South American country of Costaguana. Having safeguarded a fortune in silver for the winning faction, he finds that everyone assumes it is irretrievably lost. Will the wealth that caused his country so much misery now work its corrosive evil on him.
"'And there's a scene where I'm being garroted - do you know what garroting is? There's a metal collar to strangle me around my neck and someone yelled an instruction which I didn't understand. My hands are tied behind my back and I don't speak Spanish to tell them I'm REALLY being strangled and to stop. And yet we finished on schedule and it looks great."
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Directed by:
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| Alastair Reid
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Writing credits (in alphabetical order):
| Joseph Conrad
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| John Hale
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Cast and Production Credits
Country: Germany / Italy / Spain / UK / USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Stereo
Also Known As (AKA):
Joseph Conrad's Nostromo
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| Nostromo
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| Finland
| Nostromo - Der Schatz in den Bergen
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| Germany
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Production Company/Company Credits
Interview with Nostromo's producer Fernando Ghia
Cast:
Claudio Amendola
| Nostromo
| Paul Brooke
| Capt. Mitchell
| Lothaire Bluteau
| Martin Decoud
| Claudia Cardinale
| Teresa Viola
| Joaquim de Almeida
| Col. Sotillo
| Brian Dennehy
| Joshua C. Holroyd
| Albert Finney
| Dr. Monygham
| Colin Firth
| Charles Gould
| Roberto Escobar
| Pedro Montero
| Ruth Gabriel
| Antonia Avellanos
| Fernando Hilbeck
| Don Jose Avellanos
| Serena Scott Thomas
| Emilia Gould
| Salvatore Basile
| Gen. Montero (as Salvo Basile)
| Xavier Burbano
| Ramirez
| Emiliano Díez
| Don Pepe
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Some information courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.
Also with thanks to the Colin Firth Career Timeline
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