Released:
1962-04-17

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.

Director:
Michael Elliott

Runtime:
2h 8min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Peggy Ashcroft
  as
  Madame Ranevsky
• 
  John Gielgud
  as
  Gaev
• 
  George Murcell
  as
  Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
• 
  Judi Dench
  as
  Anya
• 
  Dorothy Tutin
  as
  Varya