Three Sisters (1970 film)

Three Sisters
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Directed byLaurence Olivier
John Sichel
Screenplay byMoura Budberg (trans.)
Based onThree Sisters (play)
by Anton Chekhov
Produced byJames C. Katz & John Goldstone
StarringAlan Bates
Laurence Olivier
Joan Plowright
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byJack Harris
Music byWilliam Walton
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release dates
  • 2 November 1970 (1970-11-02) (UK)
  • 4 February 1974 (1974-02-04) (US)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

  1. ^ Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich (1971). The Three Sisters. Moura Budberg (trans.). London: Davis-Poynter. ISBN 9780706700046. OCLC 10864445.