The Sea Gull

The film was adapted from a play by Anton Chekhov. The account is set in the Russian countryside at the end of the nineteenth century. Arkadina is a well known actress. In the summers she comes to the estate of her brother Sorin. Her son Konstantin is there too. The young man wants to be a writer. This year Arkadina brings Trigorin with her. Trigorin is a successful novelist. On the neighbouring estate there is a young woman called Nina. Nina dreams of going on the stage. She falls for Trigorin. Konstantin for his part loves Nina. Two years go by. When Sorin falls gravely ill everyone comes together again. James Mason and Vanessa Redgrave take the leads, with Simone Signoret and David Warner also in the cast, in Sidney Lumet’s British and American coproduction of 1968.