Country			United Kingdom / U.S.A.
Genre			Romantic drama
Length			2:21
Director			Sidney Lumet
Writer			Anton Chekhov Moura Budberg
Starring			James Mason Vanessa Redgrave Simone Signoret David Warner Harry Andrews Denholm Elliott Show more... James Mason Vanessa Redgrave Simone Signoret David Warner Harry Andrews Denholm Elliott Eileen Herlie Alfred Lynch Ronald Radd Kathleen Widdoes

Arkadina (Simone Signoret) and her arrogant writer companion Trigorin (James Mason) travel to a small Russian town to visit her brother, an ailing public official in retirement. Nina (Vanessa Redgrave) is the neighbor girl who falls for Trigorin. The simple country girl is degraded by the older, more worldly author as she follows him to the big city and falls victim to the debauchery of urban life. Arkadina also deals with a hateful son who is driven to suicide in this somber and depressing film.