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The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 17, 1962

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

User Score

80%

Original Title

The Cherry Orchard

Production Companies

BBC, Royal Shakespeare Company

Director

Michael Elliott

Description

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the home and cherry orchard and dividing the estate into plots that could be leased at great profit. The family, however, continues to hold out hope that their beloved home can somehow be saved from destruction.