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Anna Karenina (1997)

PG_13  108 min  -  Drama | Romance   -  4 April 1997 (USA)
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Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.

Director:

Bernard Rose

Writers:

Leo Tolstoy (novel), Bernard Rose (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sophie Marceau ...
Sean Bean ...
Alfred Molina ...
Mia Kirshner ...
Kitty
James Fox ...
Fiona Shaw ...
Lydia
Danny Huston ...
Phyllida Law Phyllida Law ...
David Schofield ...
Nikolai
Saskia Wickham Saskia Wickham ...
Dolly
Jennifer Hall Jennifer Hall ...
Betsy
Anna Calder-Marshall Anna Calder-Marshall ...
Valerie Braddell Valerie Braddell ...
Ambassador's Wife
Petr Shelokhonov ...
Kapitonich (as Pyotr Sholokhov)
Niall Buggy Niall Buggy ...
Doctor
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Storyline

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 Steve Shelokhonov  

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Plot Keywords:

Count | Lover | Love | Baby | Divorce  | See more »

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity See all certifications »
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Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$75,268 (USA) (6 April 1997) (5 Screens)

Gross:

$791,830 (USA) (1 June 1997)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Sean Bean was chosen by the director Bernard Rose to play Count Vronsky because Rose had seen him playing the role of Richard Sharpe in the Sharpe's series on British television - the director thought he looked natural in a period-military uniform See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: During the movie, title cards inform the viewer that the story arch unfolds in the years 1880 to 1882 - yet at the end of the movie Vronsky leaves to fight in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877- 1878. See 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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Connections

Referenced in "Gossip Girl: It's a Wonderful Lie (#2.12)" (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Prelude in F Sharp Minor, op. 23/1"
Written by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performed by Howard Shelley
Courtesy of Hyperion Records
By Arrangement with Source/Q See more »