''Three Sisters'' (russian: Три сестры, ''Tri sestry'') is a 1994 Russian

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

, based on

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

's 1901

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. The movie was very successful in the former countries of the

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and had one

Nika Award The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

nomination for the best cinematographer.

Plot

In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

Cast

* Olga Belyayeva as Olga *

Kseniya Kachalina Kseniya Mikhailovna Kachalina (russian: Ксения Михайловна Качалина, born May 3, 1971) is a Russian actress. Biography Kseniya Mikhailovna Kachalina was born May 3, 1971. She studied two years at the acting department at t ...

as Irina *

Elena Korikova Elena Yuryevna Korikova (russian: Еле́на Ю́рьевна Ко́рикова) is a Russian theater and television actress. She is known for her role of Anna Platonova in the television series '' Bednaya Nastya''. Biography Korikova wa ...

as Masha * Sergei Agapitov as Andrei *

Galina Dyomina Galina, Halyna, or Halina (russian: Галина; from Greek ''γαλήνη'' "Serenity") is an East Slavic feminine given name, also popular in Bulgaria and Slovenia during the period of Soviet influence. Galina is the standard transliteration fr ...

* Roman Falchenko * Gennadi Ivanov * Stanislav Korolkov * Mikhail Krylov * Maksim Masaltsev * Mikhail Petukhov * Dmitri Roshchin *

Otto Sander Otto Sander (; 30 June 1941 – 12 September 2013) was a German film, theater, and voice actor. Life Education and early career Sander grew up in Kassel, where he graduated in 1961 from the Friedrichgymnasium. After leaving school he s ...

as Vershinin * Mariya Surova * Vitaliy Versace

Awards and nominations

Nika Awards The Nika Award (sometimes styled NIKA Award) is the main annual national film award in Russia, presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science, and seen as the national equivalent of the Oscars. History The award was established i ...

(1994) **The Best Cinematographer (

Yuri Klimenko Yuri Viktorovich Klimenko (Russian: Ю́рий Ви́кторович Климе́нко; born March 24, 1944, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Russian cinematographer and photographer, laureate of State Prize (2000), a sixfold winn ...

) - Nominated

External links

* Russian drama films 1994 films 1990s Russian-language films Films based on Three Sisters (play) {{Russia-film-stub