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The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Directed by Michael Elliott
Drama, TV Movie · 2h 08m
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.
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
Madame Ranevsky
John Gielgud
Gaev
George Murcell
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Judi Dench
Anya
Dorothy Tutin
Varya
Ian Holm
Trofimov
Patsy Byrne
Dunyasha
Patrick Wymark
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
Paul Hardwick
Simyon Pishchik
Patience Collier
Charlotta Ivanovna
Roy Dotrice
Firs
David Buck
Yasha
Crew
- Director
- Michael Elliott
- Writer
- John Gielgud
Details
- Release date
- 1962-04-17
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company