Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Writing
Allen at his most generous—no one's purely villain or victim.
Acting
Dianne Wiest's Oscar win for chaos personified.
Direction
Elliot's opera obsession as visual metaphor.
Director
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Hannah
Barbara Hershey
Lee
Dianne Wiest
Holly
Woody Allen
Mickey Sachs
Michael Caine
Elliot
Lloyd Nolan
Evan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Norma
Carrie Fisher
April Knox
Julie Kavner
Gail
Max von Sydow
Frederick
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mary
Sam Waterston
David (uncredited)
Tony Roberts
Norman (uncredited)
J.T. Walsh
Ed Smythe
Daniel Stern
Dusty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Woody Allen originally wanted to play Elliot himself, but conceded Michael Caine could better capture the character's pathetic longing.
The film's structure—three sisters, two Thanksgivings—deliberately mirrors Chekhov's 'Three Sisters,' with Manhattan replacing provincial Russia.
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