Movies: Anton Chekhov

A French adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull", staged by Arthur Nauzyciel....

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The arrival of a famous writer brings disarray to the lives of an aspiring playwright and a young actress....

Based on the play of the same name by A.P. Chekhov....

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The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to seduce; the women around him simply find him irresistibly attractive, and he is only too happy to go...

The lost dog Kashtanka is picked up on the street by circus actor Monsieur Georges. He gives her a new name - Aunt and, having prepared a number with her, begins to perform in the circus. Their performances are very successful....

After getting lost in the street, a dog is adopted by a kindly clown....

A television film based on the famous production by the Bolshoi Drama Theater is yet another interpretation of Chekhov’s “boring story” — about the life of an intelligent and conscientious Russian man, Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky, “lost” in the rural ba...

9-year-old boy complains about his hard life in a letter to his grandfather....

A huge house, a coffin house becomes a symbol of a wasted life, a repository of the secrets and mysteries of its inhabitants, a place of unfulfilled hopes and aspirations......

Based on A. Chekov's play of the same name....

Alexey visits his seriously ill sister and meets a nice young woman Julia. After a while, Laptev decides to marry her, but the relationship is not going to be simple....

Nadya Shumin is engaged to be married to Andrey Andreitch, the son of a local priest. Nadya lives on her grandmother's estate with her mother, "a fair-haired woman tightly laced in, with a pince-nez, and diamonds on every finger." While Nadya is a wo...

At a picturesque lakeside estate, a love triangle unfolds between the legendary diva Irina, her lover Boris, and the ingénue Nina....

A revolution breaks out, caused by a financial crisis, business intrigues and corresponding natural disasters. Alexander flees from the uprising in the capital to Uncle Vanya's farm in the countryside. There Alexander and his beautiful wife Elena cau...

A screen adaptation of the short story of the same name by A.P. Chekhov....

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts. Lopahin, a former serf on the estate who is now a wealthy landowner, proposes razing the ho...

The story centers around a small town entrepreneur named Maniram who makes a major profit by cheating people and selling them tainted food. His business is run by his daughter-in-law Tejo, who is married to Maniram's mentally challenged younger son. ...

Musical teleplay based on A.P. Chekhov's vaudevilles "The Proposal" and "The Bear"....