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Amerika is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. The miniseries inspired a novelization entitled Amerika: The Triumph of the American Spirit. Amerika starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her first major role. Amerika was about life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union. Not wanting to depict the actual takeover, ABC Entertainment president Brandon Stoddard set the miniseries ten years after the event, focusing on the demoralized U.S. people a decade after the Soviet conquest. The intent, he later explained, was to explore the U.S. spirit under such conditions, not to portray the conflict of the Soviet coup.
Original Release
02/15/1987 on ABC
US Release
02/15/1987
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kris Kristofferson | Devin Milford |
Robert Urich | Peter Bradford |
Wendy Hughes | Marion Andrews |
Sam Neill | Colonel Andrei Denisov |
Cindy Pickett | Amanda Bradford |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | General Petya Samanov |
Christine Lahti | Alethea Milford |
Richard Bradford | Ward Milford |
Ivan Dixon | Dr. Alan Drummond |
Ford Rainey | Will Milford |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Part I | Sunday, 15 February 1987 |
2 | Part II | Monday, 16 February 1987 |
3 | Part III | Tuesday, 17 February 1987 |
4 | Part IV | Wednesday, 18 February 1987 |
5 | Part V | Thursday, 19 February 1987 |
6 | Part VI | Friday, 20 February 1987 |
7 | Part VII | Sunday, 22 February 1987 |
10 | Episode #1.10 | Tuesday, 24 February 1987 |
11 | Episode #1.11 | Wednesday, 25 February 1987 |
12 | Episode #1.12 | Thursday, 26 February 1987 |
13 | Episode #1.13 | Friday, 27 February 1987 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kris Kristofferson | Devin Milford |
Robert Urich | Peter Bradford |
Wendy Hughes | Marion Andrews |
Sam Neill | Colonel Andrei Denisov |
Cindy Pickett | Amanda Bradford |
Armin Mueller-Stahl | General Petya Samanov |
Christine Lahti | Alethea Milford |
Richard Bradford | Ward Milford |
Ivan Dixon | Dr. Alan Drummond |
Ford Rainey | Will Milford |
Graham Beckel | Clayton Cullen |
Reiner Schone | Major Helmut Gurtman |
Dorian Harewood | Jeffrey Wyman |
Mariel Hemingway | Kimberly Ballard |
Marcel Hillaire | Dieter Heinlander |
Lara Flynn Boyle | Jacqueline 'Jessie' Bradford / Jackie Bradford |
Steve Drury | Scott |
Don Reilly | Justin Milford |
Patricia Idlette | Melanie Blackstone |
Kelly Proctor | Billy Milford |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Donald Wrye | Executive Producer |
John Lugar | Producer |
Richard L. O'Connor | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1988 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
1987 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |