Anna Karenina (1975)

Original title

Анна Каренина

Directed by

Margarita Pilikhina

Genre

drama film, musical film, dance film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Bolshoi Ballet adaptation of Tolstoy's novel. Anna Karenina, a married aristocrat, begins a passionate affair that leads to personal and social turmoil.

dramaticgracefultragicemotionalformalexpressiveintenseclassical

What happens

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) is a 1975 Soviet film directed by Margarita Pilikhina. It was first shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival where it premiered out of competition. The film is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel Anna Karenina with choreography by Maya Plisetskaya who also took on the title role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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