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.
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Sita, the adopted girl
Gunapala, the brother
Aruni, the teenager
Lucas, the upstart
Aunt Catherine
Inspector Alwis
The servant
The activist student
Valet in mansion
The lawyer
Kirthie Bandara, rebel
The mansion's caretaker
