UK,
1996, 94 min
Directed by:
Anthony HopkinsScreenplay:
Julian MitchellCinematography:
Robin VidgeonComposer:
Anthony HopkinsCast:
Anthony Hopkins, Leslie Phillips, Kate Burton, Rhys Ifans, Menna Trussler, Beth Morris, Gawn Grainger, Myfanwy Talog, Rhoda Lewis, Victoria Pugh, Hugh Lloyd (more)Plots(1)
Set over a long, hot August weekend in North Wales, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with he arrival of a London couple who impose their city ways and thoughts on the more rurally based family. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play "Uncle Vanya". (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Anthony Hopkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/297/165297927_22daa8.jpg)
Anthony Hopkins
UK
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Elephant Man (1980)
One Life (2023)
![Leslie Phillips](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312358_d92105.jpg)
Leslie Phillips
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
![Kate Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886202_c4f84d.jpg)
Kate Burton
Switzerland
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
127 Hours (2010)
The Ice Storm (1997)
![Rhys Ifans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/656/166656193_894123.jpg)
Rhys Ifans
UK
Best movies:
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
![Menna Trussler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/140/161140634_2c4da1.jpg)
Menna Trussler
UK
Best movies:
Human Traffic (1999)
Pride (2014)
August (1996)
Beth Morris
UK
Best movies:
Plenty (1985)
August (1996)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
![Gawn Grainger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/441/161441118_06401c.jpg)
Gawn Grainger
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
![Myfanwy Talog](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/543/161543388_337243.jpg)
Myfanwy Talog
UK
Best movies:
August (1996)
![Rhoda Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/544/161544208_66afee.jpg)
Rhoda Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
August (1996)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Victoria Pugh
Best movies:
Hinterland (2013) (series)
August (1996)
Hugh Lloyd
UK
Best movies:
Quadrophenia (1979)
Great Expectations (1999) (TV movie)
August (1996)