The Cherry Orchard (1981)
2h 10m
Running Time
October 13, 1981Release Date
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
2h 10m
Running Time
October 13, 1981Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Richard Eyre
Director

Helen Rappaport
Writer

Trevor Griffiths
Writer

Nick Bicât
Original Music Composer

Ann Scott
Producer

Richard Partridge
Sound

Anton Chekhov
Theatre Play

Susan Spence
Production Design

Juanita Waterson
Costume Design
Media.

Details.
Wiki.
The Cherry Orchard is a 1981 British TV drama film directed by Richard Eyre based on the eponymous play by Anton Chekhov.