Anna Karenina (1935)
- Directed by
- Clarence Brown
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 100 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A high-society woman in 19th-century Russia falls into a passionate affair with a handsome officer. Her choice leads to scandal and personal ruin.
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What happens
Anna Karenina is a 1935 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1878 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, and Maureen O'Sullivan. There are several other film adaptations of the novel. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. The film earned $2,304,000 at the box office, and won the Mussolini Cup for best foreign film at the Venice Film Festival. Greta Garbo received a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress for her role as Anna. In addition, the film was ranked #42 on the American Film Institute's list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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