Mansion by the Lake
106 mins
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.
Malini Fonseka
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Asoka Rodrigo
Inspector Alwis
Nuwangi Liyanage
The servant
Ranjit Rubasinghe
The activist student
Elson Divituragama
Valet in mansion
Dayananda Jayawardena
The mansion's caretaker
Senaka Wijesinghe
Kirthie Bandara, rebel
Lester James Peries
Director
Lester James Peries
Writer
Somaweera Senanayake
Dialogue
Gladwin Fernando
Editor
Pradeepa Ratnayake
Music
K. A. Dharmasena
Cinematography