Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
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Title: Anna Karenina (1997)
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| 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 | |
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Saskia Wickham | ... | Dolly |
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Jennifer Hall | ... | Betsy |
| Anna Calder-Marshall | ... | Princess Schcherbatksy | |
| Valerie Braddell | ... | Ambassador's Wife | |
| Pyotr Shelokhonov | ... | Kapitonich (as Pyotr Sholokhov) | |
| Niall Buggy | ... | Doctor | |
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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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In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Vronsky: You know that I have come to be where you are. I cannot help myself.
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Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Courtesy of Icon Records and London Records
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This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg). See more »Goofs
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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Swan LakeWritten by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Courtesy of Icon Records and London Records
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Release Date:
4 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$75,268, 6 April 1997Gross USA:
$858,553Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$858,553Company Credits
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Of all the versions of the Tolstoy novel which I have seen (two with Greta Garbo, the deplorable one with Vivien Leigh, another with Jacqueline Bisset), this is the one that really reflects the scope and social observation of the book. The careful direction and art direction, the St.Petersburg backgrounds, as well as the exquisite cinematography, make this movie a real feast for the eyes, with magnificent plastic compositions and lighting in every shot. The abused Tchaikovsky music was used discreetly. Sophie Marceau plays a very young Anna, and makes her credible all the time. Sean Bean and James Fox, as Vronsky and Karenin, are admirable. And even if the screen play by director Bernard Rose is a little too literary, the complete story was told, and the result was the best Anna Karenina the screen has offered.