
23 Aug 1970

Körsbärsträdgården
Television adaptation of Chekhov's story about the spoiled widow Madame Ranevskaya.
Jonas has to stay at home on the farm and look after his seven younger siblings, because stepfather and stepmother are going to a wedding with eldest daughter Anna. But Jonas is curious about how the party goes and when it might be his turn to get married.
Jonas

Lina

Algot
Anna
the farmer
the farmhand
son
son
daughter
daughter
daughter

narrator

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