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The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Directed by Michael Elliott
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.
Length 128 minutes
Actors
Ian Holm | Peggy Ashcroft | Roy Dotrice | Judi Dench | John Gielgud | David Buck | Dorothy Tutin | Patience Collier | Paul Hardwick | Patrick Wymark | Russell Hunter | George Murcell | Gordon Gostelow | Peter Holmes | Patsy Byrne | Sebastian Breaks | Georgina Ward | Bill Wallis | Mike Murray | Julian Battersby | Cherry Morris | Narissa Knights | Ronald Scott-Dodd | Rosemary Mussell | Gareth Morgan