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May 16, 1991 · John Voorhees. "O Pioneers!" is an American classic - a 1913 book about the settling of the West by Willa Cather, who based it on her own reminiscences of growing up in Nebraska in the closing years of the 19th century. Its central character is Alexandra Bergson, a young Swedish immigrant who takes over the family farm after the death of her ...
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. "O Pioneers!" is a screen adaptation of Willa Cather's novel set in Nebraska at the turn of the century. It was originally shown on television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series. Jessica Lange plays Alexandra Bergson, a competent and courageous woman whose dying father leaves her control of ...
Feb 2, 1992 · Alexandra Bergson inherits the family farm and struggles to carve a home and a fortune from the windswept prairie. Along the way, she forfeits her one chance for love, but never forgets the teenager who stirred her heart. He returns 15 years later and rekindles within Alexandra a long-buried dream and newfound desire. Willa Cather’s famous novel comes stirringly to life in this made-for-TV ...
- Glenn Jordan
- United States
- Jessica Lange
- February 2, 1992
Oct 24, 2017 · ** Much of the filming was done on location in and around Johns-town, in northern Nebraska. Many of the buildings used are still in use today and retain the board sidewalks seen in sections of the film.[2]
Jan 28, 1990 · The soul of ''O Pioneers!'' is the heroic character of Alexandra Bergson. As a teen-ager in a barren stretch of Nebraska, she is forced to take charge of her family after the death of her father ...
O Pioneers! is a 1992 American drama television film produced and directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Robert W. Lenski, based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Willa Cather. It originally aired as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on February 2, 1992 on CBS, and stars Jessica Lange. It was also the film debut for Anne Heche, who had a small supporting role in the film.
A television movie based on the classic Willa Cather novel. At the turn of the century, a young woman tames the unyielding Nebraska lands she inherits from her father and learns self-reliance amid the hardships of pioneer life.
