The Cherry Orchard
1962Madame 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.
Acted in
Judi Dench
as Anya
Ian Holm
as Trofimov
Peggy Ashcroft
as Madame Ranevsky
John Gielgud
as Gaev
Dorothy Tutin
as Varya
George Murcell
as Yermolai Alexeyevich Lopahin
Patsy Byrne
as Dunyasha
Patrick Wymark
as Semion Panteleyevich Epihodov
Roy Dotrice
as Firs
Paul Hardwick
as Simyon Pishchik
Patience Collier
as Charlotta Ivanovna
David Buck
as Yasha
Gordon Gostelow
as Passer-by
Russell Hunter
as Coachman
Peter Holmes
as Coachman
Julian Battersby
as Gardener
Bill Wallis
as Stationmaster
Narissa Knights
as Stationmaster's Wife
Mike Murray
as Government Official
Ronald Scott-Dodd
as Schoolmaster
Rosemary Mussell
as Schoolmaster's Wife
Gareth Morgan
as Post Office Clerk
Cherry Morris
as Peasant
Georgina Ward
as Peasant
Sebastian Breaks
as Peasant