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Anna Karenina

1961 | 105m | English

(228 votes)

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Anna, the wife of government minister Alexis Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a family quarrel. There, Count Alexis Vronsky falls in love with her. Television adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's novel by Marcelle Maurette.
Release Date: Nov 03, 1961
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Writer: Leo Tolstoy, Donald Bull, Marcelle Maurette
Genres: Drama
Keywords based on novel or book, st. petersburg, russia, 19th century
Production Companies BBC
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: May 08, 2024
Entered: Apr 24, 2024
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Name Character
Claire Bloom Anna Karenina
Sean Connery Count Alexis Vronsky
Albert Lieven Alexis Karenin
Valerie Taylor Countess Vronsky
Jack Watling Stiva Prince Oblonsky
Daphne Anderson Dolly
June Thorburn Kitty
Frank Williams Korsunsky
Alan Tilvern Makhotin
David Lander Yashvin
Robert Percival Prince Tverskoy
Patricia Laffan Betsy, Princess Tverskoy
Campbell Cotts The Grand Duke
Derek Aylward General Prince Serpoukhovskoi
Bobby Bannerman Sergei
John Barrett Cord
Elaine Inescourt Countess Lydia
Alice Esmie-Bell Princess Miagki
Enid Lindsey Nana
Laurie Leigh Annushka
Frances Cohen Tania
Sidney Vivian Misha
Graham Leaman Matvey
Arthur Ridley Korney
Gertan Klauber Stationmaster
Endre Muller Priest
Peter Rutter Server
Elaine Laniado First Lady
Joy Shelton Second Lady
Peter Augustine Opera Attendant
Name Job
Rudolph Cartier Director
Leo Tolstoy Novel
Donald Bull Adaptation
Marcelle Maurette Screenplay
Tommie Manderson Makeup Supervisor
J.C. Richardson Lighting Supervisor
James Colina Editor
Elizabeth Agombar Costume Design
Clifford Hatts Production Design
E.J. King Bull Translator
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Rudolph Cartier Producer
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Geronimo1967
7.0

Even at 1¾ hours long, it's still quite tough to enliven the detail from Tolstoy's story into a television drama - and a black and white one, too. This one tries quite hard but falls just a little short on the imagination front. Clare Bloom takes the lead as the lady going through the marital motion ... s with a junior politician then she encounters "Prince Alexei" (Sean Connery). He's more of a princeling, really, but she falls hook line and sinker for him and pretty soon their temptation is arousing the suspicion of her husband (Albert Lievin) who warns her of the dangers of her behaviour - but there's no stopping them. Next thing, they have thrown caution to the wind and are living in sin. Her husband forbids her to see their son and the story follows her pretty torrid time trying to reconcile the troubles of her past and the joys of her future. Bloom shines here and Connery is energised in a fashion I've rarely seen as both deliver lively performances that illustrate well mid 1800s Russian attitudes, society and mores. The standard of production from the BBC is top notch with super attention to the detail of the costumes and the studio sets. Like many of their embryonic television dramas, the corporation managed to recruit an experienced cast adept at stagecraft. That gives us a sense of continuation as the story proceeds without looking too static. There is plenty missing, a few sub-plots ignored completely, but there's still more than enough of the gist to the story to carry this stylish presentation well enough. The imagination from book will never readily make for good cinema, but hats off to Rudolph Cartier for giving this a go.

Jun 13, 2024