Anton Chekhov

Vanya on 42nd Street -- Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore head an extraordinary ensemble cast in a striking adaptation of Chekhov's drama of people trapped between reality and longing.

This screen adaptation of Anton Chekhov's timeless play stars Charlotte Rampling as Lyubov, a Russian woman who returns from France to her family's estate in 1900 and discovers that the family fortune's been squandered. It seems the only way to save her beloved home is to sell the surrounding orchard land for development -- but Lyubov is unwilling to sacrifice any part of the property, and her despair grows as the mortgage date draws nearer.

An all-star cast brings one of the 20th century's greatest plays to the big screen. Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD is the timeless story of an aristocratic Russian family torn apart by buried secrets and changing times. Charlotte Rampling, "at the peak of her powers" (LA TIMES) stars as Madame Lyubov an aging but still beatiful Russian aristrocrat. Alan Bates is "pitch perfect" (NY TIMES) as her brother.

An all-star cast brings one of the 20th century's greatest plays to the big screen. Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD is the timeless story of an aristocratic Russian family torn apart by buried secrets and changing times. Charlotte Rampling, "at the peak of her powers" (LA TIMES) stars as Madame Lyubov an aging but still beatiful Russian aristrocrat. Alan Bates is "pitch perfect" (NY TIMES) as her brother.

Lyubov Ranevskaya's family is riddled with debt and is forced to sell their land to Lopakhin, a crude businessman who intends to build a housing development in what was once the family's cherry orchard.

Anthony Hopkins's directorial debut (adapted from Anton Chekov's play "Uncle Vanya") follows Ieuan Davies (Hopkins), a turn-of-the-century gentleman living on a South Wales country estate. When the manor's insufferable owner (Leslie Phillips) arrives for the summer, Ieuan falls for the man's lovely but self-seeking wife (Kate Burton). Also infected by her beauty is the town doctor (Gawn Grainger) -- to the dismay of Ieuan's niece (Rhian Morgan).

Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore head an extraordinary ensemble cast in a striking adaptation of Chekhov's drama of people trapped between reality and longing. When an elderly retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left to the family by the professor's deceased first wife, they find themselves surrounded by other family members. Quickly, the estate becomes a hothouse of unspoken passions, jealousies and regrets. Based on David Mamet's adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."

Sam Neill and Greta Scacchi star in this adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack and his niece work hard running the family farm to support Jack's brother-in-law, Alexander, a literary critic living in London. The trouble begins when Alexander returns to the farm with a beautiful young wife, who will soon bewitch Jack as well as the local doctor, Max.

Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore head an extraordinary ensemble cast in a striking adaptation of Chekhov's drama of people trapped between reality and longing.

Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore head an extraordinary ensemble cast in a striking adaptation of Chekhov's drama of people trapped between reality and longing.

When an elderly retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left tothe family by the professor's deceased first wife, they find themselves surrounded by other family members. Quickly, the estate becomes a hothouse of unspoken passions, jealousies and regrets. Based on David Mamet's adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."

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 (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.