The Cherry Orchard
Release Date: 1981-10-13
Rating : 0/10
Duration : 130 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : Richard Eyre
Writer : Helen Rappaport, Trevor Griffiths
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find 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
Judi Dench
Bill Paterson
Anton Lesser
Harriet Walter
Suzanne Burden
Frederick Treves