| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate in pre-Revolutionary Russia after an exile in Paris. The estate and its beloved cherry orchard are threatened by Ranevskaya's financial problems. The family must either find their footing in a Russia turned upside down or flounder in a sea of longing and doubt, a luxury that they can literally no longer afford |
| Notes |
From the play by Anton Chekhov |
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Special features: Original theatrical trailer; interview with director Michael Cacoyannis |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Aris Stavrou ; music by P.I. Tchaikovsky ; edited by Michael Cacoyannis, Takis Hadzis |
| Cast |
Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Frances de la Tour, Michael Gough, Tushka Bergen, Ian McNeice, Xander Berkeley, Melanie Lynskey, Andrew Howard |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture: 1999 |
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DVD format |
| Subject |
Gentry -- Russia -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
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Cartlidge, Katrin.
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Cacoyannis, Michael.
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Bates, Alan, 1934-2003.
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Rampling, Charlotte, 1946-
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Gough, Michael, 1916-2011.
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De la Tour, Frances, 1944-
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
Vishnevyĭ sad. English.
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Kino International Corporation.
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Hellēniko Kentro Kinēmatographou.
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Melanda Film Productions (Firm)
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Amanda Productions (Firm)
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Films de l'Astre.
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