My Antonia (film)

*My Antonia*
My Antonia
Genre	Drama
Based on	My Ántonia ; by Willa Cather
Written by	Victoria Riskin
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Jason Robards ; Eva Marie Saint ; Neil Patrick Harris ;
Music by	David Shire
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	David W. Rintels
Producer	Victoria Riskin
Cinematography	Robert Primes
Editor	Debra Karen
Running time	90 minutes
Production companies	Gideon Productions; Fast Track Films; Wilshire Court Productions ;
Original release
Network	USA Network
Release	March 29, 1995

Last updated December 13, 2025

My Antonia is a 1995 American drama television film directed by Joseph Sargent and written and produced by Victoria Riskin, based on the 1918 novel of the same name by Willa Cather. It stars Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint and Neil Patrick Harris. It was filmed in part at the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, Nebraska, and aired on the USA Network on March 29, 1995.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Jason Robards as Josiah Burden
Eva Marie Saint as Emmaline Burden
Neil Patrick Harris as Jimmy Burden
Jan Triska as Mr. Shimerda
Norbert Weisser as Otto
Anne Tremko as Lena Lingard
Travis Fine as Harry Paine
Mira Furlan as Mrs. Shimerda
Elina Löwensohn as Antonia Shimerda
Bobby Goldstein as Ambrosch Shimerda
T. Max Graham as Mr. Harling
John Livingston as Charley Harling
Pas Sarah Bernhardt as Sally Harling
Devon Arielle Cahill as Nina Harling
Lauren Montgomery as Yulka Shimerda
Cinnamon Schultz as Helga
Megan Birdsall as Margaret
Lemarrt Holman as Blindman Arnault
Abby Sullivan as Mrs. Carlsen
Betty Laird as Mrs. Vannis
Brendan McCurdy as Ambrosch Cuzak
Ian Atwood as Leo Cuzak
Tom Wees as Conductor
Brad Boesen as Traveling Salesman
Endre Hules as Russian Peter
Boris Lee Krutonog as Russian Pavel
Olek Krupa as Krajiek
Kyla Pratt as Yulka Cuzak
Myra Turley as Mrs. Harling
Blair Williamson as Marek Shimerda

References

↑ Lowe, Kinsey (March 26, 1995). "My Antonia - Review". Variety . Retrieved June 30, 2019.
1 2 Zad, Martie (March 26, 1995). "WILLA CATHER'S 'MY ANTONIA' ON USA". The Washington Post . Retrieved June 30, 2019.
↑ "Filmed in Nebraska". Nebraska Film Office. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

External links

My Antonia at IMDb
My Antonia at YouTube

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[variety-review-1] Lowe, Kinsey (March 26, 1995). "My Antonia - Review". Variety . Retrieved June 30, 2019.

[wapo-review-2] 1 2 Zad, Martie (March 26, 1995). "WILLA CATHER'S 'MY ANTONIA' ON USA". The Washington Post . Retrieved June 30, 2019.

[3] "Filmed in Nebraska". Nebraska Film Office. Retrieved September 10, 2024.

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v t e Willa Cather
Novels	Alexander's Bridge O Pioneers! The Song of the Lark My Ántonia One of Ours A Lost Lady The Professor's House My Mortal Enemy Death Comes for the Archbishop Shadows on the Rock Lucy Gayheart Sapphira and the Slave Girl Hard Punishments
Short stories	"Peter" "Lou, the Prophet" "The Elopement of Allen Poole" "A Tale of the White Pyramid" "A Son of the Celestial" "The Clemency of the Court" "The Fear That Walks by Noonday" "On the Divide" "A Night at Greenway Court" "Tommy, the Unsentimental" "The Princess Baladina – Her Adventure" "The Count of Crow's Nest" "The Burglar's Christmas" "The Strategy of the Were-Wolf Dog" "A Resurrection" "The Prodigies" "Nanette: An Aside" "The Way of the World" "The Westbound Train" "Eric Hermannson's Soul" "The Dance at Chevalier's" "The Sentimentality of William Tavener" "The Affair at Grover Station" "A Singer's Romance" "The Conversion of Sum Loo" "Jack-a-Boy" "El Dorado: A Kansas Recessional" "The Professor's Commencement" "The Treasure of Far Island" "A Death in the Desert" "A Wagner Matinee" "The Sculptor's Funeral" "Flavia and Her Artists" "The Garden Lodge" "The Marriage of Phaedra" "Paul's Case" "The Namesake" "The Profile" "The Willing Muse" "Eleanor's House" "On the Gulls' Road" "The Enchanted Bluff" "The Joy of Nelly Deane" "Behind the Singer Tower" "The Bohemian Girl" "Consequences" "The Bookkeeper's Wife" "The Diamond Mine" "A Gold Slipper" "Ardessa" "Scandal" "Her Boss" "Coming, Eden Bower!" "Uncle Valentine" "Double Birthday" "Neighbour Rosicky" "Two Friends" "The Old Beauty" "Before Breakfast" "The Best Years"
Short story collections	The Troll Garden Youth and the Bright Medusa Obscure Destinies The Old Beauty and Others Five Stories
Collection of poems	April Twilights
Collaborations	The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science
Adaptations	A Lost Lady (1934 film) O Pioneers! (1992 film) My Antonia (1995 film) The Song of the Lark (2001 film) O Pioneers! (2009 opera)
Related	Willa Cather Birthplace Willa Cather House Edith Lewis Willa Cather Foundation WILLA Literary Award

My Antonia (film)

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