The Cherry Orchard (1981)

7.0/10 • 130 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Judi Dench

Bill Paterson

Anton Lesser

Harriet Walter

Frederick Treves

Timothy Spall

David Rintoul

Anna Massey

Wensley Pithey

Richard Vanstone

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