The Three Sisters (1970)
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Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's three upper-class Prozorov sisters -- Masha, Olga, and Irina -- come no closer to their dream of returning to Moscow in director Laurence Olivier's 1970 film version of Three Sisters than they did in Chekhov's original 1900 play. This melancholy classic… More Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's three upper-class Prozorov sisters -- Masha, Olga, and Irina -- come no closer to their dream of returning to Moscow in director Laurence Olivier's 1970 film version of Three Sisters than they did in Chekhov's original 1900 play. This melancholy classic about shattered dreams, self-delusion, and compromise was directed by Olivier for Britain's National Theatre in 1967. The film, a literal record of Olivier's stage version, was produced in order to raise money for the ever-imperiled National. Olivier, who'd just recovered from a serious illness, plays the mischievous army doctor Chebutikin, while Olivier's wife, Joan Plowright, essays the major role of Masha, the snobbish general's daughter who tries to escape the stultifying banality of her provincial marriage by having an affair. Three Sisters was released in the U.S. in 1974 as part of the American Film Theatre series. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Sichel, Laurence Olivier
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Special Interest
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- In Theaters
- Feb 4, 1974 Wide
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Cast
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Jeanne Watts
as Olga
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Joan Plowright
as Masha
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Louise Pumell
as Irina Prosorov
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Derek Jacobi
as Andrei Prosorov
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Kenneth MacKintosh
as Kulighin
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Harry Lomax
as Ferrapont
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Frank Wylie
as Solloni
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Alan Bates
as Vershinin
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Richard Kay
as Fedotik
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David Belcher
as Lt. Bode
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Daphne Heard
as Anfissa
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Ronald Pickup
as Baron Tusenbach
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Sheila Reid
as Natasha
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Robert Walker Jr.
as Officer
- David Munro
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Laurence Olivier
as Ivan Chebutikin
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George Selway
as Orderly
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Leonid Gallis
as Kulygin
- Louise Purnell
