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Mini-series: JOSEPH CONRAD'S 'NOSTROMO,' PART 1; Colin Firth stars in this epic, three-part adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel set in the 1890s in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. Having fled the locale ten years earlier, after his English-born father was killed by insurrectionists, young Charles Gould (Firth) returns on a mission to resurrect the family's derelict silver mine. It's a move fully supported by the local government—a regime that is, unfortunately, about to be overthrown. Dr. Monygham: Albert Finney. Emilia: Serena Scott Thomas. "Nostromo": Claudio Amendola. Teresa: Claudia Cardinale. Antonia: Ruth Gabriel. Holroyd: Brian Dennehy. President Ribiera: Ubaldo Henriquez. (2:00)

Mini-series: JOSEPH CONRAD'S 'NOSTROMO,' PART 1. Colin Firth stars in this epic, three-part adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1904 novel set in the 1890s in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. Having fled the locale ten years earlier, after his English-born father was killed by insurrectionists, young Charles Gould (Firth) returns on a mission to resurrect the family's derelict silver mine. It's a move fully supported by the local government—a regime that is, unfortunately, about to be overthrown. Dr. Monygham: Albert Finney. Emilia: Serena Scott Thomas. "Nostromo": Claudio Amendola. Teresa: Claudia Cardinale. Antonia: Ruth Gabriel. Holroyd: Brian Dennehy. President Ribiera: Ubaldo Henriquez. (2:00)

Mini-series: (2:00); 1/6/97; 1/7/97