Uncle Vanya
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This adaptation of Chekhov's play concerns the failed dreams, illusions and lost loves of a provincial bourgeois family. Retired professor Serebryskov and his young wife Yelena spend the summer at the family estate run by Vanya, the brother of the professor's first wife, and Sonya, the professor's daughter by his first wife. Sonya falls in love with Dr. Astrov who is infatuated with Yelena. Yelena speaks to Astrov on Sonya's behalf, prompting Astrov to declare his feeling for Yelena. Learning of the professor's plan to sell the estate and believing that his labors have been taken for granted, Vanya unsuccessfully tries to shoot Serebryskov. The guests depart for Moscow, leaving Vanya and Sonya to once again manage the estate.(Does not circulate)
Credits
- Directed by
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Written by
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Cast
- Sergei Bondarchuk, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Irina Miroshnichenko, Nikolai Pastukhov, Irina Kupchenko, Vyacheslav Butenko, Irina Anisimova, Kapitolina Illenko, Yekaterina Mazurova, Vladimir Zeldin
- Cinematography
- Georgy Rerberg
- Music
- Alfred Schnittke
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q1549483 ↗ — country, genre, credits
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