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Anna Karenina (1920)

Anna Karenina poster
Directed by
Frederic Zelnik
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married woman in 19th century Russia falls in love with a wealthy officer. The affair leads to scandal and her social ruin.

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What happens

Anna Karenina is a 1920 German silent historical film, directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Heinrich Peer. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel Anna Karenina. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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