The Cherry Orchard
1981
130 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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
Richard Vanstone
Passer By
David Blake Kelly
Station Master