Anna Karenina

"In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart."

Apr 4 1997 PG-13 1h 48m
Drama, Romance

Anna Karenina, the wife of a Russian imperial minister, creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky, a dashing cavalry officer in 19th-century St. Petersburg.

Plot

Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression and suicidal thoughts.

Written by

Lev Tolstoy, Bernard Rose

Directed by

Bernard Rose

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Icon Entertainment International, Studio Trite, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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6,433
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
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