Uncle Vanya (1963 film)

Uncle Vanya is a 1963 British film adaptation of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. The film was directed by Laurence Olivier and Stuart Burge. It was a filmed version of the Chichester Festival Theatre production, starring Laurence Olivier as Astrov, Michael Redgrave as (Vanya), Rosemary Harris as (Elena), and Joan Plowright as (Sonya).

Cast

 * Max Adrian as Professor Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov
 * Sir Lewis Casson as Ilya Ilych Telegin
 * Fay Compton as Mariya Vasilyevna Voynitsky
 * Rosemary Harris as Helena (Yelena) Andreyevna Serebryakov
 * Robert Lang as Yefim
 * Laurence Olivier as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astrov
 * Joan Plowright as Sofia "Sonya" Alexandrovna Serebryakov
 * Sir Michael Redgrave as Ivan Petrovich ("Uncle Vanya") Voynitsky
 * Dame Sybil Thorndike as Marina Timofeevna

Reception
Harold Hobson of the Sunday Times described the production as "the admitted master achievement in British twentieth-century theatre", while The New Yorker called it "probably the best 'Vanya' in English we shall ever see".