MERICAN SHORT STORY, THE: NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE'S "RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER" (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramatized American short stories. Series host Henry Fonda introduces this adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter," which concerns the romance between a young Neapolitan scholar studying in Padua and the beautiful, mysterious daughter of a brilliant botanist named Rappaccini, who cares more for science than mankind, and may be dabbling in "unnatural experiments." Giovanni rents a secluded room so that he can concentrate on his studies, and is surprised to learn his window overlooks a garden of almost frightening beauty, the flora nurtured by the doctor's exquisite daughter, Beatrica. Although the student learns of Rappaccini's reputation as a mad manipulator of nature, he is still drawn to Beatrica, whose extreme reticence may veil a tainted past.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: February 25, 1980 Monday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:56
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:17540
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1977-1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- For "American Short Story"
- Robert Geller … Executive Producer
- Brian Benlifer … Producer
- Paul Morgan … Producer, Director, Writer
- Lebow Rutimann, Marjorie … Associate Producer
- Phyllis M.G. Bishop … Associate Producer
- Henry Fonda … Series Host
- For "Rappaccini's Daughter"
- Robert Geller … Executive Producer
- Calvin Skaggs … Producer
- David Kappes … Associate Producer
- Herbert Hartig … Writer
- Nathaniel Hawthorne … Based on a short story by
- Dezso Magyar … Director
- Elizabeth Swados … Music (Misc. Credits), Music composed and conducted by
- Henry Fonda … Host
- Kristoffer Tabori … Cast, Giovanni
- Kathleen Beller … Cast, Beatrica
- Michael Egan … Cast, Baglioni
- Leonardo Cimino … Cast, Rappaccini
- Antonia Rey … Cast, Emma
- Madeline Willemsen … Cast, Lisabetta
- Dennis Boutsikaris … Cast, Vito
- Coqui Gonzalez … Cast, the Flower Seller