| Three Sisters | |
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| Directed by | Laurence Olivier John Sichel |
| Screenplay by | Moura Budberg (trans.) |
| Based on | Three Sisters (play) by Anton Chekhov |
| Produced by | James C. Katz & John Goldstone |
| Starring | Alan Bates Laurence Olivier Joan Plowright |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
| Music by | William Walton |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Three Sisters is a 1970 British drama film starring Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright, based on the 1901 play by Anton Chekhov. Olivier also directed, with co-director John Sichel; it was the final feature film directed by Olivier. The film was based on a 1967 theatre production that Olivier had directed at the Royal National Theatre. Both the theatrical production and the film used the translation from the original Russian by Moura Budberg.[1] The film was released in the U.S. in 1974 as part of the American Film Theatre. This was a series of thirteen film adaptations of stage plays shown to subscribers at about 500 movie theaters across the country.
- ^ Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1971). The Three Sisters. Moura Budberg (trans.). London: Davis-Poynter. ISBN 9780706700046. OCLC 10864445.