Er begriff das Leben als Abenteuer, in dem er sich immer wieder aufs neue beweisen mußte: Ernest Hemingway nahm an drei Kriegen teil, jagte vor der Küste Floridas den Blauen Marlin, schoß am Fuß des Kilimandscharo Großwild, war dem Stierkampf verfallen. Als er 1954 für seinen Roman "Der alte Mann und das Meer" mit dem Literatur-Nobelpreis ausgezeichnet wurde, hatte er drei gescheiterte Ehen hinter sich und dem Tod mehrfach ins Auge geblickt, um, wie er sagte, "den einen wahren Satz zu schreiben". Hemingway, einer der bedeutendsten Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts, wurde zum personifizierten Männlichkeits-Mythos...
Adaptation of the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho.
After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team.
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a British television series first aired by BBC in 1965, based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It stars John Ronane, Ann Bell, Julian Curry, Glynn Edwards and Joan Miller. The film was adapted for television by Giles Cooper and was directed by Rex Tucker. It consisted of four 45-minute episodes, the first of which aired on 2 October 1965. According to the BBC archives none of the episodes of the film still exist.