Anna Karenina (1967)

Original title

Анна Каренина

Directed by

Aleksandr Zarkhi

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 17m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married woman in 19th-century Russia falls into a passionate affair with a charming army officer. Her choice pulls her away from her family and society, and leads to devastating consequences.

melancholictensebittersweetromanticsombertragiccharacter-drivenvisually lush

What happens

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi, based on the 1878 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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