If Only the Trains Came

Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape. For the doctor in charge, Andrei, it is the link with civilisation which alone could rose him from the lethargy of life in provincial Russia.

Bernard Archard

Dr. Andrei Ragin

Edward Brayshaw

Dr. Khobotov

Michael Brennan

Nikita

Diana Davies

Town Hall Maid

Andrew Sachs

Sergei Sergeich

Marne Maitland

Mores

Kevin Lindsay

Stepan

Mark Jones

Ivan Gromov

Mary Hignett

Darya

• Barry DavisDirector
• Margaret MorrisProducer

Release date

December 16, 1968

Status

Released

Original language

English