Mansion by the Lake

Overview

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.

Directed by Lester James Peries

Top cast

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

A

Asoka Rodrigo

Inspector Alwis

N

Nuwangi Liyanage

The servant

R

Ranjit Rubasinghe

The activist student

E

Elson Divituragama

Valet in mansion

Lucky Dias

The lawyer

S

Senaka Wijesinghe

Kirthie Bandara, rebel

D

Dayananda Jayawardena

The mansion's caretaker

Sathischandra Edirisinghe

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