August / Majestic Films, Newcomm and Granada present a Granada film ; screenplay, Julian Mitchell ; produced by June Wyndham Davies and Pippa Cross ; directed by Anthony Hopkins.
Adapted from August, a stage play by Julian Mitchell, based on the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Videodisc release of the 1996 motion picture. Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Phillips, Kate Burton, Gawn Grainger, Rhian Morgan.
Summary:
Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their city ways and thoughts on the more rurally based family. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play, 'Uncle Vanya'.
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