Hemingway

The Avatar (1929-1944)

Directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
TV-14
S1 • E2    Apr 5, 2021    1h 46m
8.1
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can't stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.

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Cast of The Avatar (1929-1944)

  • Peter CoyoteNarrator (voice)
  • Jeff DanielsErnest Hemingway (voice)
  • Michael KitakisHimself – Writer
  • Edna O'BrienHerself – Writer
  • Tobias WolffHimself – Writer
  • Mary DearbornHerself – Biographer
  • Abraham VergheseHimself – Writer
  • Mary KarrHerself – Writer
  • Susan BeegelHerself – Literary Scholar
  • Marc DudleyHimself – Literary Scholar
  • Mario Vargas LlosaHimself – Writer
  • Patrick HemingwayHimself – Hemingway's Second Son
  • Ernest HemingwayHimself (archive footage)
  • Patricia ClarksonPauline Pfeiffer (voice)
  • Josh LucasThe New Republic (voice)
  • Joe MortonRalph Ellison (voice)
  • Keri RussellDorothy Parker (voice)
  • Meryl StreepMartha Gellhorn (voice)

 

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