Uncle Vanya

Overview

Serebryakov, a retired professor and his beautiful, much younger second wife, Yeléna, visit their country estate, which funds their urban lifestyle. Vanya, brother of the Professor's first wife, who manages the farm estate, and the local Doctor Astrov, both fall under Yelena's spell, while complaining of the endless ennui of their provincial existence. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. Sofya, the Professor's daughter by his first wife, who works to keep the estate going with her uncle Vanya, meanwhile suffers from lack of esteem over what she sees as her own lack of beauty, and from an unrequited love for Dr. Astrov. Matters are brought to a head when the Professor announces his intention to sell the estate, Vanya and Sofya's home, to achieve a higher income for himself and his wife.

Cast

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy

Ivan 'Uncle Vanya' Voinitsky

Sergey Bondarchuk

Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov

Irina Kupchenko

Sofya Aleksandrovna Serebryakova

Irina Miroshnichenko

Yelena Andreevna Serebryakova

Vladimir Zeldin

Professor Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov

N/A

Irina Anisimova-Wulf

Mariya Vasilievna Voinitskaya

Nikolai Pastukhov

Iliya Ilich Telyegin

Yekaterina Mazurova

Marina

Vladimir Udalov

A peasant