The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters

1965 · 112 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama, Romance

Eleven years ago, General Prozorov, having received an appointment, moved his family from Moscow to a small provincial town. The general has died, his adult children - daughters Olga, Maria and Irina and son Andrey, - not finding any use for themselves, and feeling lonely, dream of returning to their native Moscow. They are trying to somehow arrange their own destiny, each in its own way, but nothing comes out of it ...

Directed by Samson Samsonov · Written by Samson Samsonov

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