The Sea Gull
– Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th ..
Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
01 Nov 1969
English
All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.
Sidney Lumet
Anton Chekhov (play), Moura Budberg (adaptation)
James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner
An aging actress named Irina Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings Trigorin, a successful novelist, with her. Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Boris Trigorin. As Trigorin lightly consumes and rejects Nina, so the actress all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed while the sophisticates continue on their way.
Warner Bros.