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Anna Karenina
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User Rating:
6.1/10   2,150 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Bernard Rose (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 April 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart.
Plot:
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy. full summary | add synopsis
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Carnivorous (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 27 May 2009, 12:34 PM, PDT)

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Lovely.... absolutely lovely. more (36 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sophie Marceau ... Anna Karenina

Sean Bean ... Vronsky

Alfred Molina ... Levin

Mia Kirshner ... Kitty
James Fox ... Karenin
Fiona Shaw ... Lydia

Danny Huston ... Stiva
Phyllida Law ... Vronskaya
David Schofield ... Nikolai
Saskia Wickham ... Dolly
Jennifer Hall ... Betsy
Anna Calder-Marshall ... Princess Schcherbatksy
Valerie Braddell ... Ambassador's Wife

Petr Shelokhonov ... Kapitonich (as Pyotr Sholokhov)
Niall Buggy ... Doctor
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity.
Runtime:
108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg). more
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Continuity: In the scene where Vronsky is shown out of Karenin's house after Anna's near death, a Soviet-era lamppost is visible further down the street. more
Quotes:
Anna Karenina: What are you doing here?
Vronsky: You know that I have come to be where you are. I cannot help myself.
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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Lovely.... absolutely lovely., 30 April 2006
7/10
Author: Nessa

This was surprisingly good. I'm not that much a fan of the Romance genre, if truth be told, but I'll make an exception for this one. The film is carefully crafted. Every emotion, every dialogue enhanced the overall tone of the film, slowly but surely escalating in its momentum up to its tragic climax.

Sophie Marceau was brilliant. As was Sean Bean. I wasn't quite sure if they would be able to possess the kind of chemistry needed to pull this off, if truth be told, considering how they (in my opinion) seem to be of different temperament artistically (Sophie being more sensitive as seen in Braveheart and Marquis, while Bean is more explosive). Nevertheless, it worked out fine although, ironically, their relationship seem to be more believable whenever they fell out of odds with each other. :)

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