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Anna Karenina (1948)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1948 Wide

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This 1948 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina was produced in England by Alexander Korda, and released in the US by 20th Century-Fox. Vivien Leigh plays the title role, a 19th-century Russian gentlewoman married to Czarist official Ralph Richardson. Though her marriage is not intolerable, Anna is swept off her feet by dashing young military officer Vronsky, played by Kieron Moore. The ensuing scandal ruins Anna's status in society. Anna Karenina had previously been filmed twice in

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Classics

Directed By: Julien Duvivier

Written By: Leo Tolstoy, Jean Anouilh, Guy Morgan, Julien Duvivier

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1948 Wide

On DVD: Aug 25, 1998

Cast

Vivien Leigh
Anna Karenina
Ralph Richardson
Alexei Karenin
Kieron Moore
Count Vronsky
Hugh Dempster
Stefan Oblonsky
Mary Kerridge
Dolly Oblonsky
Marie Lohr
Princess Scherbatsky
Frank Tickle
Prince Scherbatsky
Sally Ann Howes
Kitty Scherbatsky
Niall MacGinnis
Constantine Levin
Michael Gough
Nicholai
Heather Thatcher
Countess Lydia Ivanovna
Mary Martlew
Princess Nathalia
Ruby Miller
Countess Meskov
Austin Trevor
Col. Vronsky
Guy Verney
Prince Makhotin
John Longden
Gen. Serpuhousky
Beckett Bould
Matvey
Leslie E. Bradley
Korsunsky
Gino Cervi
Enrico
Helen Haye
Countess Vronsky
Martita Hunt
Princess Betsy Tversky
Michael Medwin
Doctor
John Salew
Lawyer
Jeremy Spenser
Giuseppe
Therese Giehse
Marietta
Judith Nelmes
Miss Hull

Critic Reviews for Anna Karenina

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A handsome film, and a real keeper for fans of Vivien Leigh's unstable beauty.

May 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

This version of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, made A.G. (After Garbo), was not a success when it was first released, and it's still a failure now, but it's an often exquisitely sumptuous misfire, all the same.

May 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Dan Callahan

Slant Magazine

Superb film version of the Tolstoy novel, with an extraordinary Vivien Leigh at the peak of her beauty and talent.

January 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

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I know there are several versions of this movie and this is the only one I have seen. Ahhhhh.....Vivien Leigh, beautiful, airy and charming and then goes a little crazy from guilt over her love affair. This is a tragic story of love, passion and adultery, well acted and very enjoyable. Ralph Richardson is perfect as

September 29, 2010

Robin P.

this movie was great...she was kind of a disterbed women she just packed up and left her husband who was more than willing to forgive her and take her back when she thought she was dieing and then when she got well just left her husband and her son to be with her lover...her husband tried to do wut was right and tried

November 7, 2008