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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.