Uncle Vanya (1970 film)
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Uncle Vanya is a 1970 film adaptation
of the Anton Chekhov
play of the same title
and directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy.
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
of the Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
play of the same title
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
and directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy.
Cast
- Irina Anisimova-Wulf as Mariya Vasilievna Voinitskaya
- Sergei BondarchukSergei BondarchukSergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and actor.- Biography :Born in Belozerka, in the Kherson Governorate, Sergei Bondarchuk spent his childhood in the cities of Yeysk and Taganrog, graduating from the Taganrog School Number 4 in 1938. His first performance as an...
as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov - Irina Kupchenko as Sofya Aleksandrovna Serebryakova
- Yekaterina Mazurova as Marina
- Irina Miroshnichenko as Yelena Andreevna Serebryakova
- Nikolai Pastukhov as Iliya Ilich Telyegin
- Innokenti Smoktunovsky as Ivan "Uncle Vanya" Voinitsky
- Vladimir Udalov as A peasant
- Vladimir ZeldinVladimir ZeldinVladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin is a Russian theatre and cinema actor.Zeldin was born in the town of Kozlov . In 1935 he graduated from the theatre college at the Mossovet Theatre and became its actor. For over 60 years he has been working in the Russian Army Theatre, Moscow.Zeldin became an...
as Professor Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov