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Saddled
with a life in the country, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and
Masha) and their brother Andrei dream of returning to Moscow
and their former home. Company comes in the form of some local
soldiers but this is little more than a minor distraction
from the boredom of country living. When Andrei marries a
provincial girl, Natasha, things start to settle down but
the yearning for Moscow continues to hang over the life of
the family with dreadful consequences...
If
you're going to film Chekhov then having a cast that includes
Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier is a good start. Add Derek
Jacobi and Alan Bates to the mix and the prospects really
start to pick up. The good news is that the production is
true to the stage play - sometimes to the detriment of the
film making - but the central performances more than make
up for any cinematic weaknesses.
The
bad news is that the transfer if at best mediocre. Given its
age, the film obviously needed a little care and attention
to bring it up to standard, but little, if anything has been
done to enhance the print. Image quality is soft and the soundtrack
appears to have been dragged through mud.
What
should have been an enticing, if minority interest, release
is reduced to the status of being simply a bad DVD. Chekhov,
one of the greatest playwrights of all time, deserves far,
far better treatment.
Anthony
Clark
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