Synopsis
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael ElliottDirector
- John GielgudWriter
Cast
- Peggy AshcroftMadame Ranevsky
- John GielgudGaev
- George MurcellYermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
- Judi DenchAnya
- Dorothy TutinVarya
- Ian HolmTrofimov
- Patsy ByrneDunyasha
- Patrick WymarkSemion Panteleyevich Epihodov
- Paul HardwickSimyon Pishchik
- Patience CollierCharlotta Ivanovna
- Roy DotriceFirs
- David BuckYasha