Anton Chekhov Movies

In the 1800s, a bass player's attempts to woo a young woman lead to both parties being trapped in an awkward situation.

One day the landlord Smirnov demands the widow Popova to pay an old debt which her husband left. She has no money at home and begs Smirnov to wait....

A woman finds out that her 7-year-old son has stolen from her. She tries to explain that it was wrong but has difficulties conversing at a level the...

Man is trying to find simple human happiness. He decides for himself the question of what this happiness consists of - wealth, high social status, or...

Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov, this drama centers around a desire for revenge and the tragedy of a star-crossed love. After a general ruins...

Shot in Paris in December 1958, La Sorcière (The Witch) is Żuławski’s student film and directorial debut. The story is based...

A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden...

First short film by Wajda, based on the story "A Naughty Boy" by A. Chekhov.

An old man tries to play backgammon with friends while babysitting his granddaughter, who's terrified of the young suicide in their building.

Anton Chekhov’s one-act comic play throws Elena Ivanonva Popova, a land-owning widow with dimples, on her cheeks up against Grigory...

A young woman is living with her mother at the end of a dead-end street. The young woman notices that a man standing in the street stares into her...

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga...

A young actress changing in the privacy of her dressing room, finds the theater's aging owner hiding behind her sofa. He begs her for mercy, claiming...

Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river, while not far away, a musician leaves his two companions to go for a swim. Soon afterwards,...