This is one of several film versions of the classic play by Anton Chekhov.
In a 19th century estate, in the remote Russian countryside, a cast of diverse characters congregate to put on plays, gossip, play games, complain, hate on each other, love the wrong people and destroy themselves.
An aging actress Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion she brings with her Trigorin, a successful novelist. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trigorin. As Trigorin lightly consumes and rejects Nina, so the actress all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed, the sophisticates continue on their way...
DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 02:21:09 | 7.64 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Eileen Herlie
Country: UK, USA