Chekhov Comedy Shorts ( A Reluctant Tragic Hero / The Bear / The Proposal / The Dangers of Tobacco )

Chekhov Comedy Shorts (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: A Reluctant Tragic Hero / The Bear / The Proposal / The Dangers of Tobacco
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Christine Gernon

Written By:
Anton Chekhov

Actors:
Julia Davis ..... Popova (1 episode, 2010)
Sheridan Smith ..... Natasha (1 episode, 2010)
Steve Coogan ..... (unknown episodes)
Mackenzie Crook ..... (unknown episodes)
Johnny Vegas ..... (unknown episodes)

Synopsis:

This collection brings together a trio of comedy shorts featuring some of Britain's brightest comic talent such as Steve Coogan, MacKenzie Crook and the LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN'S Reece Shearsmith.
A Reluctant Tragic Hero
Tolkachov a frustrated and exasperated family man, exhausted from running constant and countless errands for friends and family, visits his good friend Murashkin to let off steam, and hopefully garner some much needed sympathy. But the result of his rant only serves to see him leaving with more problems than he actually arrived with.
The Bear
Smirnoff, a rude and boorish landowner, calls on the recently widowed Popova to collect on an IOU owed to him by her late husband. When the grieving widow is unable to pay him, Smirnoff simply refuses to leave - and the passionate, fiery altercation they embark on leads them to agree on fighting a duel to the death with a pair of pistols.
The Proposal
Lomov a nervous hypochondriac, visits his neighbour Natasha to ask for her hand in marriage. But his romantic endeavours are scuppered when the couple, and also her father, find themselves in a circle of petty arguments and disagreements...and an unstoppable bout of one-upmanship.
The Dangers of Tobacco
Nyukhin is a brow-beaten husband of a domineering wife. He delivers, at her command, a lecture on the harmful effects of smoking tobacco. But as Nyukhin struggles to stick to the intended subject matter of his speech, we learn of his regrets, yearnings... and of his miserable life 'under the thumb'.

Chekhov Comedy Shorts is a four-part series of Chekhov comedies and farces in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer and dramatist.Steve Coogan plays Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin in the one-act play On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, while other performances see MacKenzie Crook appearing alongside Johnny Vegas in A Reluctant Tragic Hero, and Mathew Horne taking the lead in The Proposal.
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: A Reluctant Tragic Hero
Original Air Date-14 November 2010
Season 1, Episode 2: The Bear
Original Air Date-21 November 2010
Season 1, Episode 3: The Proposal
Original Air Date-28 November 2010
Season 1, Episode 4: The Dangers of Tobacco
Original Air Date-28 November 2010

A four-part series of Chekhov comedies and farces screened in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian writer and dramatist. Steve Coogan plays Ivan Ivanovich Nyukhin in the one act play 'On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco', while other performances see MacKenzie Crook appearing alongside Johnny Vegas in 'A Reluctant Tragic Hero', and Mathew Horne taking the lead in 'The Proposal'.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 February, 2011.