Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad, set in South America in the late 1880’s. An Englishman, Charles Gould, and his wife Emilia return to his childhood home to reopen his silver mine. Determined to make the mine succeed, he becomes involved in corruption, conspiracy and revolution. Gould becomes obsessed with saving the silver mine but there is only one man he can trust - Nostromo. Starring Colin Firth, Claudio Amendola, Lothaire Bluteau, Albert Finney, Claudia Cardinale and Brian Dennehy.
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ACMI Identifier
306977
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)