Oleg Yefremov role), "Duck hunting" (Zilov's role), "Party Committee Meeting" (Potapov's role), "Boris Godunov" (the title role). He staged Anton Chekhov's plays: "Ivanov" (1976), "The Seagull" (1980), "Uncle Vanya" (1985), "The Cherry Orchard" (1989), "The Three Sisters" (1997). His last, unfinished, directorial work was "Cyrano de Bergerac". Oleg Yefremov played about 70 roles in feature and television films, the most famous of which are: "The First Echelon" by Mikhail Kalatozov, "The Soldiers were Advancing" by Leonid Trauberg, "The Alive and the Dead" by Alexander Stolper, "Someone Is Ringing, Open the Door" by Alexander Mitta, "Beware of the Car" by Eldar Ryazanov, "Three
The Cherry Orchard of the past (often reliving memories about her son's death, etc.). The speeches by the student Trofimov, attacking intellectuals were later seen as early manifestations of Bolshevik ideas and his lines were often censored by the Tsarist officials. Cherry trees themselves are often seen as symbols of sadness or regret at the passing away of a certain situation or of the times in general. The theme of identity, and the subversion of expectations of such, is one that can be seen in "The Cherry Orchard"; indeed, the cast itself can be divided up into three distinct parts: the Gayev family