The last vestiges of a family that has gone from cherry season to sorrow... Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who, upon returning from a trip to Paris, must face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after defaulting on her mortgage. In denial, she continues to live in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the magnificent cherry trees are chopped down by the new owner Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
Cast
Niels Arestrup
Lopakhine
Natasha Parry
Lioubov
Michel Piccoli
Léonid
Catherine Frot
Douniacha
Anne Consigny
Ania
Maurice Bénichou
Yacha
Claude Evrard
Epikhodov
Robert Murzeau
Firs
Michèle Simonnet
Charlotta
Nathalie Nell
Varia
Jacques Debary
Pistchitk
Joseph Blatchley
Patia Trofimov
Jean-Paul Denizon
Le passant et le chef de gare
Crew
Jean-Pierre Rhachide
Video Report
Peter Brook
Director, Stage Director
Maurice Bénichou
Co-Director
Anton Chekhov
Writer, Theatre Play
Jacqueline Dancourt
Script
Jean-Claude Carrière
Adaptation
Andrée Zicaro
Editor
Bernard Girod
Director of Photography
Daniel van Cutsen
Assistant Director
Micheline Rozan
Producer
Yves Nolleau
Camera Operator
Guy Queyrel
Camera Operator
Jean-Marie Boniface
Assistant Camera
Roger Loiseau
Assistant Camera
Chloe Obolensky
Costume Design, Prop Designer
Annie Hamon-Chrétien
Hair Designer
Andrée Guiovaty
Makeup Designer
Jean-Pierre Gontier
Sound Engineer
Dominique Sutter
Assistant Sound Engineer
Georges Storr
Assistant Sound Engineer
Jean-Marc Languille
Lighting Director
Jean Kalman
Lighting Technician
Marius Constant
Original Music Composer
Sophie Cloquet
Set Supervisor
Nicole Aubry
Set Supervisor
Claude Ouf
Electrician
Lusia Lavrova
Translator
Pascal Merat
Controller
Michel Lemaire
Machinist
Francis Granal
Production Manager
Daniel Martin
Production Manager
Régine Guitschula
Administration
Michel C. Mombailly
Coordinating Producer