If Only the Trains Came (1968)
Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape. For the doctor in charge, Andrei, it is the link with civilisation which alone could rose him from the lethargy of life in provincial Russia.
- Date of release
- 1968-12-16
- Director
- Barry Davis
Casting
- Bernard Archard — Dr. Andrei Ragin
- Edward Brayshaw — Dr. Khobotov
- Michael Brennan — Nikita
- Diana Davies — Town Hall Maid
- Andrew Sachs — Sergei Sergeich
- Marne Maitland — Mores
- Kevin Lindsay — Stepan
- Mark Jones — Ivan Gromov
- Mary Hignett — Darya
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