Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate Sri Lankan landowners, now impoverished, as they return from England to the magnificent country estate they left behind.
Director: Lester James Peries
Writer: Lester James Peries
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Sita, the adopted girl
Gunapala, the brother
Aruni, the teenager
Lucas, the upstart
Aunt Catherine
Inspector Alwis
The servant