The Cherry Orchard (1962)
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.
- Released
- 1962-04-17
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Michael Elliott
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Peggy Ashcroft as Madame Ranevsky
- John Gielgud as Gaev
- George Murcell as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
- Judi Dench as Anya
- Dorothy Tutin as Varya
- Ian Holm as Trofimov
- Patsy Byrne as Dunyasha
- Patrick Wymark as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
- Paul Hardwick as Simyon Pishchik
- Patience Collier as Charlotta Ivanovna
- Roy Dotrice as Firs
- David Buck as Yasha