Uncle Vanya (Dyadya Vanya) (1970)

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
USSR, 1970, b/w and color, 104 min.
With Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Sergei Bondarchuk, Yekaterina Mazurova
Russian with English subtitles

Blurb from the HFA website: "Cited by both Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin as one of the best film versions of Chekhov’s work, Andrei Konchalovsky’s interpretationest focuses on the unique space of a decaying dacha that serves as a clear metaphor for the sense of loss contemplated by each of the characters. The first-rate cast includes War and Peace director Sergei Bonardchuk as Astrov. The film inspired scholars Mira and Antonin Liehm to declare that "the sorrow, the nostalgia and the hopelessness of the Russian intelligentsia had found a true poet."

Note:This movie was more like a play that was filmed rather than a film per se. This is no shortcoming. I was surprised by how intensely I got involved in the film despite the distraction of having to read the subtitles.