Filmed concurrently with an Off Broadway production, it was both co-produced and co-directed by actor Franchot Tone, who starred as Dr. Astroff.
Tone's wife at the time, Dolores Dorn-Heft, co-starred as Elena Andreevna, appearing in the only role not featuring an actor from the stage version in New York, where the part was played by Signe Hasso.
The title role was played by George Voskovec.
[2] Edited from Stark Young's translation of Chekhov's Russian text, the film runs 98 minutes.
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