Based on the play by Anton Chekhov. Originally released as a motion picture of the 1962 Laurence Olivier stage production performed by the Chichester Festival Theatre. VHS format. Max Adrian, Lewis Casson, Fay Compton, Rosemary Harris, Robert Lang, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Michael Redgrave, Sybil Thorndike.
Summary:
The play depicts the lives of a group on the estate of a retired professor, a pompous fellow who has returned, with his young second wife, to write his masterpiece. His assumption of superiority becomes increasingly hard to endure.
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