The Cherry Orchard
movie
Released April 17, 1962
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.
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
as
Madame Ranevsky
John Gielgud
as
Gaev
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George Murcell
as
Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Judi Dench
as
Anya
Dorothy Tutin
as
Varya
Ian Holm
as
Trofimov
Patsy Byrne
as
Dunyasha
Patrick Wymark
as
Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
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Paul Hardwick
as
Simyon Pishchik
Patience Collier
as
Charlotta Ivanovna
Roy Dotrice
as
Firs
David Buck
as
Yasha
