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Anna Karenina (1997)
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4 April 1997 (USA)
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In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart.
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Lovely.... absolutely lovely.
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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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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity.
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108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:12 (video rating) |
UK:15 (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Germany:12 |
Iceland:L |
Peru:14 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
USA:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG
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This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg).
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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.
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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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Vronsky: You know that I have come to be where you are. I cannot help myself.
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Referenced in "Gossip Girl: It's a Wonderful Lie (#2.12)" (2008)
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Vespers, op. 37/2
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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. :)