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Anna Karenina. Vronsky's story (2017)

Anna Karenina. Vronsky's story poster
Original title
Анна Каренина. История Вронского
Directed by
Karen Shakhnazarov
Genre
drama film, historical drama
Country
Russia
Runtime
2h 18m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Russian film that retells Tolstoy's story from the perspective of Vronsky. It blends the classic romance with material about the Russo-Japanese War.

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What happens

Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story (Russian: Анна Каренина. История Вронского, romanized: Anna Karenina. Istoriya Vronskogo) is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. An expanded eight-part version titled Anna Karenina aired on the Russia-1 television channel. It is a free adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel of the same name which also combines the publicistic story "During the Japanese War" and the literary cycle "Stories about the Japanese War" by Vikenty Veresaev. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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