The Cherry Orchard
Release Date: 1962-04-17
Rating : 8/10
Duration : 128 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : Michael Elliott
Writer : John Gielgud
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
John Gielgud
George Murcell
Judi Dench
Dorothy Tutin
Ian Holm