Chekhov on the screen

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues and Prof Furman:

There have been a huge number of adaptations of Chekhov for the screen,
as many done outside Russia as inside.  A very long but probably incomplete
list may be found by clicking the following blue link:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0155009/

A few good ones done in Russia:
Grasshopper ("Poprygun'ia," with Bondarchuk & Skobtseva '55), Lady with 
a Dog (Batalov & Savvina '60), Seagull (Demidova, Savel'eva, Yakovlev '70), 
Uncle Vanya (Smoktunovskii, Bondarchuk, Miroshnichenko '70),  Good 
Bad Man ("Duel',"   with Dal' & Vysotskii '73),    Unfinished Piece for 
Mechanical Piano ("Platonov," with Kaliagin, Solovei, Mikhalkov '77), etc.

A few interesting (if not always faithful) ones done outside Russia:
Summer Storm ("Drama na okhote," with G. Sanders and L. Darnell '44), 
Uncle Vanya (M. Redgrave, Olivier, Plowright '63), The Good Doctor 
(potpourri about Chekhov & his stories, adapted by Neil Simon, with R 
Chamberlain, Asner, Marsha Mason '78), Dark Eyes (very free adaptation 
of "Dama s sobachkoi,"   by Mikhalkov,   with Mastroianni, Safonova, 
Smoktunovskii '87), Country Life ("Diadia Vania," with S. Neill & 
Schacchi '94), etc.

Warning.  NOT recommended is "Vanya on 42nd Street" ( L. Malle, 
with W. Shawn, Julianne Moore, A. Gregory '94 ).  Might be of value 
for advanced theatrical professionals, but not for U.S. students of 
Russian literature. 

Good hunting,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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Date: Thu 7 Feb 00:35:01 CST 2008 
From:  <LISTSERV at BAMA.UA.EDU>   
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To: "Steven P. Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU> 

Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:32:28 -0800 
From: "Furman, Yelena" <yfurman at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU> 
Subject: adaptations of Chekhov 

Dear SEELANGERs, 
For anyone who's shown any of the myriad adaptations of Chekhov (old 
or new) in their film and/or literature courses, can you tell me which
films you've used and what the student response has been? 
Please reply off list: yfurman at humnet.ucla.edu 
Thank you in advance. 
Best, Yelena Furman 
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