The Cherry Orchard (1981)
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.
- Date of release
- 1981-10-13
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Richard Eyre
Casting
- Judi Dench — Mme. Ranevsky
- Bill Paterson — Lopakhin
- Anton Lesser — Trofimov
- Harriet Walter — Varya
- Suzanne Burden — Anya
- Frederick Treves — Gayev
- Timothy Spall — Epikhodov
- Frances Low — Dunyasha
- David Rintoul — Yasha
- Anna Massey — Charlotte
- Paul Curran — Firs
- Wensley Pithey — Pischik
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard is a 1981 British TV drama film directed by Richard Eyre based on the eponymous play by Anton Chekhov. Judi Dench won the BAFTA award for Best Actress in 1982 for her role, Going Gently and A Fine Romance.
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