- Radio Times
- Review by:
- David Crawford
Ernest Hemingway famously laid down a challenge to write a story in six words. This sprawling drama from Philip Kaufman is not so succinct. Charting the tempestuous romance between Hemingway and war reporter Martha Gellhorn, it follows them across the globe in love and war.
Nicole Kidman is radiant as the young Gellhorn — perhaps too radiant for the battlefield — but breathtaking when playing the elder woman. Clive Owen makes a good fist of bringing Hemingway to life, though there’s some vital edge missing. But ultimately the two leads have great chemistry, circling each other like a matador and bull, to the final days of their marriage.
About this programme
Feature-length drama starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman about the romance between author Ernest Hemingway and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. The pair embarked on a passionate relationship that spanned several countries and eventually married, with Gellhorn cited as the inspiration behind Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. Philip Kaufman directs, with a supporting cast including David Strathairn, Tony Shalhoub and Parker Posey.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Martha Gellhorn
- Nicole Kidman
- Ernest Hemingway
- Clive Owen
- Paco Zarra
- Rodrigo Santoro
- John Dos Passos
- David Strathairn
- Mary Welsh Hemingway
- Parker Posey
- Robert Capa
- Santiago Cabrera
- Mikhail Koltsov
- Tony Shalhoub
- Max Eastman
- Mark Pellegrino
- Pauline Hemingway
- Molly Parker
- Charles Colebaugh
- Jeffrey Jones
- Maxwell Perkins
- Peter Coyote
- Madame Chiang
- Joan Chen
- Tall blonde woman
- Connie Nielsen
- Russian general
- Robert Duvall
- Madrid woman
- Brooke Adams
Crew
- Director
- Philip Kaufman
- Writer
- Jerry Stahl
- Writer
- Barbara Turner
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