Anna Karenina (1997)

Director:

Bernard Rose

Writers (WGA):

Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Bernard Rose (screenplay)

Release Date:

4 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

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.

Plot Keywords:

Count | Divorce | Love | Governess | Passion

Cast

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
Anthony Calf	...	Serpuliovskoy
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Pestov
Hamish Falconer	...	Seriozha
Stefan Gryff	...	Korunsky
Barbara Horne	...	Miss Edwards
Larissa Kouznetsova	...	Agatha
Jeremy Sheffield	...	Boris
Justine Waddell	...	Countess Nordston
Mikhail Khmelyov	...	Mahotin (as Mikail Hmelev)
Yuliya Krasnova	...	Annushka (as Julia Krasnova)
Ludmila Kurepova	...	Sorokina
German Maksimov	...	Priest
Tatyana Zakharova	...	Midwife (as Tatiana Zaharova)
Sergei Shcherbin	...	Korney (as Sergei Scherbina)
Gelena Ivliyeva	...	Lizaveta (as Gelena Ivleva)
Vadim Sadovnikov	...	Inn Priest (as Father Vadim Sadovnikov)
Sergei Parshin	...	Doctor's Doorman
Valeriy Kukhareshin	...	Specialist Doctor
Nora Gryakalova	...	Myagkaya
Oleg Kosminsky	...	Titus
Victor Gurianov	...	Peasant
Igor Yefimov	...	Servant (as Igor Efimov)
Konstantin Lukashov	...	Moscow Railway Worker
Aleksandra Lavrova	...	Young Anna (as Alexandra Lavrova)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kseniya Rappoport	...	Maria (as Ksenia Rappoport)
Leonti Varentsov	...	Peasant

Directed by
Bernard Rose

Writing credits (WGA)
Leo Tolstoy		(novel)
Bernard Rose		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Davey	....	producer
Jim Lemley	....	associate producer
Stephen McEveety	....	executive producer
Vladimir Zhelezniakov	....	assistant producer

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Victor Du Bois

Casting by
Marion Dougherty

Production Design by
John Myhre

Art Direction by
Sergei Shemyakin

Set Decoration by
Marthe Pineau

Costume Design by
Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department
Roy Bryson	....	hair stylist
Lydia Milars	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Chris Silver Finigan	....	co-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Carter	....	third assistant director
Mark Cotone	....	assistant director
Martin Krauka	....	second second assistant director
Laura Nisbet	....	assistant director

Art Department
Olga Alymova	....	art department coordinator
James Edward Ferrell Jr.	....	set art director
Candi Guterres	....	property master
Tracy Michele Tabb	....	graphic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Linda Di Franco	....	foley editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Albert Gasser	....	sound editor
Peter Glossop	....	production sound mixer
Rich Green	....	foley artist
Nigel Holland	....	sound designer
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound effects editor
Steve Kohler	....	sound
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
Lilya Korolova	....	sound assistant
Val Kuklowsky	....	sound editor
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Shaun Mills	....	boom operator
Piero Mura	....	sound editor
John Murray	....	foley editor
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Yale	....	foley editor
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Kevin Draycott	....	special effects technician
Andy Williams	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Oleg Botin	....	stunts
Graeme Crowther	....	stunt coordinator
Zed Korshoonoff	....	stunts
Sergei Shulga	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ivan Alekseyev	....	dolly grip
John Boccaccio	....	first assistant camera
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Mike Hodges	....	key grip
Jack McCollum	....	best boy electric
Anatoliy Neznanov	....	electrician

Casting Department
Douglas Wright	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giovanni Casalnuovo	....	assistant costume designer
Deirdre N. Williams	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Maria Montoreano	....	associate film editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Brad Watson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Dean Beville	....	music editor
D. Chris Smith	....	music editor
Georg Solti	....	music director (as Sir Georg Solti)
John Stronach	....	music supervisor
William Jacobs	....	music editor (uncredited)

Other crew
Michael Beche	....	location manager
Pablo Ferro	....	title designer
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist
Charles Kaye	....	executive assistant: to Sir Georg Solti
Shauna L. Kroen	....	assistant accountant
Yuliya Sobolevskaya	....	production assistant

Thanks
Gerardo Sacco	....	special thanks: Jewelry

Production Companies

• Icon Entertainment International
• Studio Trite
• Warner Bros.

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Entertainment (1997) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Líder Films (Spain)
• SF Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bangladesh) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Bhutan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (India) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Nepal) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Pakistan) (TV)
• Tanweer Films (2012) (Sri Lanka) (TV)
• Warner Bros.

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Sound  re-recording at
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Studio Trite  filmed entirely on location in: In cooperation with
• Newmarket Capital Group  production financing provided by (as Newmarket Capital Group, L.P.)
• International Film Guarantors  completion guaranty provided by
• London Records  soundtrack
• Icon Records  courtesy of: recording
• London Records  courtesy of: recording
• Decca  courtesy of: Sir Georg Solti appears (as Decca Record Company Limited)
• Philips Classics Productions  courtesy of: For "Vespers, Op. 37/2" and "Vespers, Op. 37/5", The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir appears (as Philips Classics Production)
• Philips Classics Productions  courtesy of: For "Song about Alexander Nevsky", The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir appears (as Philips Classics Production)
• BMG Classics  courtesy of: For "Song about Alexander Nevsky", The St. Petersburg Chamber Choir appears
• Panavision  filmed with cameras and lenses
• Technicolor  color and prints
• Eastman Color  originated on (as Eastman Color Film)
• Kodak  from: originated on Eatman Color Film
• British Airways  special thanks
• Lufthansa  special thanks (as Lufthansa Airlines)
• Tirelli Costumi  special thanks (as Tirelli Costumi Roma)
• Costumi d'Arte  special thanks (as Costumi d'Arte Rome)
• Angels & Bermans  special thanks (as Angels and Bermans)
• Les Ateliers du Costume  special thanks

Also Known As:

"Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina" - International (English title) (complete title), UK (complete title), USA (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Peru:14 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12 (video rating) | UK:15 (original rating) | Australia:M | Sweden:15 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Menshikov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Company:

Icon Entertainment International

Trivia:

This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Although the film claims to be set in the 1880s, the book must be set earlier than that because it was published in 1875.

Quotes:

Anna Karenina:What are you doing here?
Vronsky:You know that I have come to be where you are. I cannot help myself.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, op. 74 (Pathetique)

This is one of my favorites

I disagree that this was terrible. I am a big time historical movie and costume buff, so I watch everything I can get my hands on and there is hardly a period drama I have not seen. I have also read the book. While the story line of the movie doesn't necessarily follow the novel, I am still sucked into it every time I see it. I found their chemistry wonderful, the costumes lovely and very period accurate, the music and cinematography fabulous. I have seen it over a dozen times (bought the DVD) and STILL never get bored. Sophia Marceau was a perfect choice in my opinion. She is classically beautiful, and the right combination of all the elements that made her character.....chaste wife turned star crossed lover, strong, confidant woman melted to vulnerable young girl. I adored Sean Bean also. I found him totally believable, and I fail to understand how anyone even remotely interested in period dramas could fail to appreciate this film.