Mansion by the Lake

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.

Drama

Malini Fonseka

(Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow)

Vasanthi Chathurani

(Sita, the adopted girl)

Sanath Gunathilake

(Gunapala, the brother)

Paboda Sandeepani

(Aruni, the teenager)

Ravindra Randeniya

(Lucas, the upstart)

Iranganie Serasinghe

(Aunt Catherine)

Asoka Rodrigo

(Inspector Alwis)

Nuwangi Liyanage

(The servant)

Ranjit Rubasinghe

(The activist student)

Elson Divituragama

(Valet in mansion)

Lucky Dias

(The lawyer)

Dayananda Jayawardena

(The mansion's caretaker)

Senaka Wijesinghe

(Kirthie Bandara, rebel)

Satischandra Edirisinghe