It is November 1941, and the German Army is sweeping through the Crimea. German officers are billeted in Yalta - some of them in Anton Chekhov's old house in Kirov Street. The house is now a museum, but it is guarded by Chekhov's sister for whom the war, like the Revolution before it, is just another unwelcome disturbance.

Cast

Patience Collier

Maria Pavlovna

Sarah Badel

Natalya Sergeyevna

Lysette Anthony

Irina Nikolayevna

Alan Dobie

Maj. Beckman

Maurice O'Connell

Capt. Schiller

Rupert Frazer

Lt. Kaltz

Mona Bruce

Pelageya

Barrie Houghton

Osip Akmatov

James Gaddas

Sergeant

Keith Rawlings

Levitan