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Three sisters / an Alan Clore production ; The American Film Theatre ; British Lion ; Alan Clore Films ; producer, Jack Goldstone ; director, Laurence Olivier.
LIBRA DVD 003 080 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Film adaptations.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Sisters--Russia--Drama.
- Sisters.
- Siblings--Drama.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Social conditions.
- Boredom.
- Russia.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Boredom--Drama.
- Russia--Social conditions--1801-1917--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (162 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pamphlet ([4] pages ; 19 cm)
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Letterboxed edition.
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Anton Chekhov's Three sisters
- 3 sisters
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD - NTSC; Region 1.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, three sisters live in virtual exile. Olga attemps to support her family and home that is the sole legacy from their late father. Masha finds relief from an empty marriage by being involved with a passionate young colonel. Irina wills herself to return the affections of an ardent suitor in the hope that he will whisk her off to the city. Sift through the debris of their shattered dreams on the eve of the social and political upheaval that will transform Russia forever.
- Participant:
- Alan Bates, Jeanne Watts, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell, Laurence Olivier, Derek Jacobi, National Theatre Company of England.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; translator, Moura Budberg.
- Notes:
- Based on the play by Anton Chekhov.
- Aspect ratio 1.85:1.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
- Special features: an interview with Alan Bates; theatrical trailer; "Anton Chekhov and Three sisters," an essay by Michael Feingold, Chief Theatre Critic, The Village Voice; The AFT cinebill for Three sisters; stills gallery; The American Film Theatre scrapbook.
- OCLC:
- 52778820
- Publisher Number:
- 738329028923
- K289 DVD Kino on Video
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