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Anna Karenina (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bernard Rose

Written By:
Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Bernard Rose (screenplay)

Actors:
Sophie Marceau
Sean Bean ..... Vronsky
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
Pyotr Shelokhonov ..... Kapitonich (as Pyotr Sholokhov)
Niall Buggy ..... Doctor

Synopsis:

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.

Leo Tolstoy's classic novel is brought to the screen once again in what was the first American-based production of this story to be filmed on location in Russia. Anna (Sophie Marceau) is married to Alexei (James Fox), but while their relationship is not outwardly unhappy, it's clear that neither has much enthusiasm for either their spouse or their marriage. While visiting her bother Stiva (Danny Huston), who is having marital problems of his own, Anna meets Count Vronsky (Sean Bean). An immediate mutual attraction arises between them, and soon Vronsky has left behind his mistress Kitty (Mia Kirshner) to pursue Anna. Anna is initially uncertain about her feelings, but she soon throws caution to the wind and embarks on a passionate affair with Vronsky. However, Anna's love for the Count is strong enough that Alexei becomes keenly aware of her indiscretion, and when she discovers that she is carrying Vronsky's child, Alexei offers her two options -- she can leave Vronsky, resume her marriage, and keep the baby, or stay with Vronsky and give up her unborn child. This was at least the tenth feature-length production of Anna Karenina to reach the screen.

In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart: Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 March, 2008.

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