On the Eve

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Ivan Turgenev - On the Eve: 2. The Disappearance

Turgenev's First Love

2. The Disappearance

Ivan Turgenev - On the Eve

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Dimitri Insarov disappears suddenly having fallen in love with upper class Russian Elena.

Dimitri Insarov disappears suddenly having fallen in love with upper class Russian Elena.  Stars Amanda Root and Philip Franks.

Insarov's sudden disappearance is bewildering to Elena. 

But she is determined to love him, whatever the cost.

Starring Amanda Root and Philip Franks.

Conclusion of Ivan Turgenev's romantic story of love and patriotism.

Dramatised by Michael Crompton.
  
Elena .... Amanda Root
Insarov .... Philip Franks
Pavel Shubin .... John Lloyd Fillingham
Andrei Bersyenev .... Mark Chatterton
Anna .... Jane Cox
Nikolai .... Russell Dixon
Uvar .... Alan Partington
Zoya ... Saskia Downes
Fedushka ... Keith Clifford
Priest's wife / Woman .... Ann Rye
Kurnatovski .... John Griffin
Renditch .... Martin Oldfield
Lupoyarov ....Stephen Tomlin

Director: Michael Fox

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1993.

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Who will Elena fall in love with? Ivan Turgenev's romantic novella.

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