In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, 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.
Geraldine Page
as Olga
Shelley Winters
as Natalya
Kim Stanley
as Masha
Sandy Dennis
as Irina
Kevin McCarthy
as Vershinin
Gerald Hiken
as Andrei
David Paulsen
as Roday
Albert Paulsen
as Kulygin
Luther Adler
as Chebutykin
James Olson
as Baron Tuzenbach
Robert Loggia
as Solyony
John Harkins
as Fedotik
