The Cherry Orchard
1962
128 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Judi Dench
Anya
Ian Holm
Trofimov
Peggy Ashcroft
Madame Ranevsky
John Gielgud
Gaev
Dorothy Tutin
Varya
George Murcell
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Patsy Byrne
Dunyasha
Patrick Wymark
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
Roy Dotrice
Firs
Paul Hardwick
Simyon Pishchik
Patience Collier
Charlotta Ivanovna
David Buck
Yasha
Gordon Gostelow
Passer-by
Russell Hunter
Coachman
Peter Holmes
Coachman
Julian Battersby
Gardener
Bill Wallis
Stationmaster
Narissa Knights
Stationmaster's Wife
Mike Murray
Government Official
Ronald Scott-Dodd
Schoolmaster
Rosemary Mussell
Schoolmaster's Wife
Gareth Morgan
Post Office Clerk
Cherry Morris
Peasant
Georgina Ward
Peasant
Sebastian Breaks
Peasant