Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Chekhov"

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Three Sisters *** (1970, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Jeanne Watts, Louise Purnell, Derek Jacobi, Alan Bates, Ronald Pickup) – Classic Movie Review 11,656

Laurence Olivier’s 1970 film of his 1967 British Royal National Theatre version of the 1901 Anton Chekhov play Three Sisters [Tri Sestry] is theatrical and stiff, but precious for the rousing acting from his Joan […]

Oct, 17

Uncle Vanya **** (1963, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, Rosemary Harris, Joan Plowright, Sybil Thorndike) – Classic Movie Review 11,645

Director Stuart Burge’s splendid 1963 British film Uncle Vanya is a rousing, impeccably acted adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 1899 classic play. It is a filmed version of the Chichester Festival production, directed by and starring […]

Oct, 12

Summer Storm **** (1944, George Sanders, Linda Darnell, Edward Everett Horton, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 6303

‘The FLASH of a Knife… The SCREAM of a Girl… The WRECK of a Man…’ Hollywood goes Russian in German-born director Douglas Sirk’s really rather splendid 1944 film noir-style crime drama adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s […]

Nov, 24

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