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Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Overview
Based on the life of Emma Eliza Coe, known as the "Queen of the South Seas", whose strength and cunning staved off the colonial struggle involving the United States, Great Britain, and Germany while she built her own empire. Emma’s father, the first consul in Samoa, taught his daughter at an early age the bitter truth about the fickleness of men.
Key Crew
Producer: Ross Matthews, Ann Chapman
Director: John Banas
Top Cast
Barbara Carrera
Emma Coe
Hal Holbrook
Jonas Coe
Steve Bisley
Captain Tom Farrell
Gerard Kennedy
Captain Rabardy
Ron Haddrick
Reverend Brown
Thaao Penghlis
Albert Steinberger
Barry Quin
The Hon. W. H. Lyttelton
Rebecca Rigg
Phebe Coe Parkinson
Seasons
Season 1 (1988)
The story of Emma Eliza Coe, who in the second half of the nineteenth century she was known as the "Queen of the South Seas". Being the daughter of Samoan princess and Jonas Coe, the first American consul in Samoa, she inherited a large fortune. She maintained intimate relationships with key personalities Europe and America. Despite the "wild" character she could to win over people, showing great talent and practical skills. The story of Emma takes place in the wild and primitive New Guinea, in San Francisco in 1860, in the White House, in the palace of the Emperor Wilhelm in Berlin and in the luxurious Monte Carlo. Fascinating adventure, wild passions, lust for power, political intrigues, but also love.
4 episodes
