Alan Bates, Derek Jacobi, Frank Wylie

Anton Chekhov's melancholy classic about shattered dreams, self-delusion and the necessity of compromise resonates in this American Film Theatre presentation of the 1967 stage production directed by (...( read more  read more... )and starring) Sir Laurence Olivier. Olivier plays army doctor Chebutykin, and Olivier's wife, Joan Plowright, portrays Masha, the snobbish general's daughter who tries to escape the boredom of her marriage by having an affair.

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Directed by: John Sichel, Laurence Olivier

Release Date: February 4, 1974

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DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003

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  • December 4, 2006
    Yeah, i'd like to see what this is!
  • November 3, 2006
    Ooh yes i def wana c dis...
  • August 4, 2006
    This was very boring. The play/book was much better.

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