The Sea Gull
The Sea Gull is a 1968 British-American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Moura Budberg is adapted and translated from Anton Chekhov's classic 1896 play The Seagull.
Plot
Set in a rural Russian house, the plot focuses on the romantic and artistic conflicts among an eclectic group of characters. Fading leading lady Irina Arkadina has come to visit her brother Sorin, a retired civil servant in ailing health, with her lover, the successful hack writer Trigorin. Her son, brooding experimental playwright Konstantin Treplev, adores the ingenue Nina, who in turn is mesmerized by Trigorin. Their interactions slowly provoke the moral and spiritual disintegration of each of them and ultimately lead to tragedy.
More details
| author | Moura Budberg |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Russian Empire |
| director | Sidney Lumet |
| editor | Alan Heim |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | civil servant fade hack writer ingenue leading lady playwright retire |
| musicBy | Mikis Theodorakis |
| producer | F. Sherwin Green Sidney Lumet |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| publisher | Warner-Pathé Distributors |