Uncle Vanya
- Original title
- Dyadya Vanya (Uncle Vanya)
- Year
- 1971
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
- Soviet Union (USSR)
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Andrei Konchalovsky. Play: Antón Chéjov
- Cast
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- Irina Anisimova-Wulf
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Irina Kupchenko
- Yekaterina Mazurova
- Irina Miroshnichenko
- Nikolai Pastukhov
- Innokenti Smoktunovsky
- Vladimir Udalov
- Vladimir Zeldin
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Movie Groups
- Anton Chekhov Adaptations
- Synopsis
- A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. For many years the brother (Uncle Vanya) has sent the farm's proceeds to the professor, while receiving only a small salary himself. Sonya, the professor's daughter, who is about the same age as his new wife, also lives on the estate. The professor is pompous, vain, and irritable. He calls the doctor (Astrov) to treat his gout, only to send him away without seeing him. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. The presence of Yelena introduces a bit of sexual tension into the household. Astrov and Uncle Vanya both fall in love with Yelena; she spurns them both. Meanwhile...
- Awards
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1971: San Sebastian Film Festival: Silver Shell1972: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.
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