Anna Karenina (1967)

Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life.

Director:

Aleksandr Zarkhi

Writers:

Vasily Katanyan, Leo Tolstoy (novel),

Stars:

Tatyana Samoylova, Nikolai Gritsenko, Vasili Lanovoy

Cast

Credited cast:
Tatyana Samoylova	...	Anna Karenina
Nikolai Gritsenko	...	Karenin
Vasili Lanovoy	...	Vronsky
Yuriy Yakovlev	...	Stiva Oblonsky (as Yu. Yakovlev)
Boris Goldayev	...	Konstantin Levin (as B. Goldayev)
Anastasiya Vertinskaya	...	Kitty (as A. Vertinskaya)
Iya Savvina	...	Dolly (as I. Savvina)
Maya Plisetskaya	...	Knyagina Betsy (as M. Plisetskaya)
Lidiya Sukharevskaya	...	Lidiya Ivanovna (as L. Sukharevskaya)
Yelena Tyapkina	...	Knyagina Myagkaya (as Ye. Tyapkina)
Sofiya Pilyavskaya	...	Grafina Vronskaya (as S. Pilyavskaya)
Andrei Tutyshkin	...	Lawyer (as A. Tutishkin)
Vasili Sakhnovsky	...	Seryozha (as Vasya Sakhnovsky)
Anatoli Kubatsky	...	Camerdiner Kapitonich (as A. Kubatsky)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vera Burlakova

Storyline

Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires Anna complicates her life.

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Plot Keywords:

affair | count | train | adultery | horse race | 

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Taglines:

Sovexport film presents a new 70 mm color film ANNA KARENINA based on Leo Tolstoy's novel [UK Theatrical]

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 November 1967 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Ana Karenjina

Filming Locations:

Moika Embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

145 min

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Mono (35 mm prints)

Color:

Color (Sovcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Anna Karenina (1985)

User Reviews

Unbelievable

Visually this movie is a black sheep among the other Soviet movies: it's shot absolutely astoundingly for a Soviet movie! Lighting and scenery are astonishingly crafted, wide-angle objectives, cranes and dollies are artfully used throughout the film making it look, despite of the poorly emulsified film (though not that bad for those times), like a highest-budget Hollywood movie. Photography direction and editing are also up to the highest notch! Direction and acting are great, no reason to praise anyone higher than the others (though my favourite is Nikolai Gritsenko as Alexander Alexandrovich Karenin). Truly a piece of a pure cinema art, absolutely creative, original and rich. Watch with pleasure.