Cinema
Anna Karenina
Анна Каренина
Alexander Zarkhi · 1967
Synopsis
Anna, married to Alexei Karenin, a man older than she is, comes to Moscow to see her brother Stiva Oblonsky and his wife Dolly. There she meets Count Vronsky, a young officer, and the two fall in love with each other. This love overturns her life and her marriage: Anna, who claims the right to love, collides with the moral codes of high Russian society.
Context
The screenplay is by Vasily Katanyan and the director; the cinematography is by Leonid Kalashnikov, the music by Rodion Shchedrin. Tatyana Samoylova plays Anna, with Vasily Lanovoy as Vronsky, Nikolai Gritsenko as Karenin and Anastasia Vertinskaya as Kitty. Produced by Mosfilm and shot in Sovscope 70 according to the Cinémathèque française, the film was selected for the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, which was not held to the end.
Who it is for
A grand costume film of more than two hours, for those who want to see the novel brought to the screen on a large scale.
Prizes and reception
According to the Krugosvet encyclopedia, more than forty million viewers in the Soviet Union.
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