Overview

In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

Top Cast

Geraldine Page

Olga

Shelley Winters

Natalya

Kim Stanley

Masha

Sandy Dennis

Irina

Kevin McCarthy

Vershinin

G

Gerald Hiken

Andrei

D

David Paulsen

Roday

Albert Paulsen

Kulygin

Luther Adler

Chebutykin

James Olson

Baron Tuzenbach

Robert Loggia

Solyony

John Harkins

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