 Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov s story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century. An aging actress Arkidana (Simone Signoret) pays summer visits to her brother Sorin (Harry Andrews) and son Konstantin (David Warner) on a country estate. On one occasion she brings with her Trigorin (James Mason), a successful novelist. Nina (Vanessa Redgrave), a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls in love with Trigorin. As Trigorin lightly consumes and rejects Nina, so the actress all her life has consumed and rejected her son, who loves Nina. The victims are destroyed, the sophisticates continue on their way. Directed by Sidney Lumet ("Long Day s Journey into Night").