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4 April 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
In a world of power and privilege, one woman dared to obey her heart.Plot:
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Very disappointing! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sophie Marceau | ... | Anna Karenina | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Vronsky | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Levin | |
| Mia Kirshner | ... | Kitty | |
| James Fox | ... | Karenin | |
| Fiona Shaw | ... | Lydia | |
| Danny Huston | ... | Stiva | |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Vronskaya | |
| David Schofield | ... | Nikolai | |
| Saskia Wickham | ... | Dolly | |
| Jennifer Hall | ... | Betsy | |
| Anna Calder-Marshall | ... | Princess Schcherbatksy | |
| Valerie Braddell | ... | Ambassador's Wife | |
| Petr Shelokhonov | ... | Kapitonich (as Pyotr Sholokhov) | |
| Niall Buggy | ... | Doctor |
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity.Parents Guide:
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108 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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UK:12 (video rating) | UK:15 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Peru:14 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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This was the first western production of "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia (St. Petersburg). moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the scene where Vronsky is shown out of Karenin's house after Anna's near death, a Soviet-era lamppost is visible further down the street. moreQuotes:
Anna Karenina: What are you doing here?Vronsky: You know that I have come to be where you are. I cannot help myself.
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First of all: It's a great story. Incredible, how the author Leo Tolstoi describes the feelings of a woman who gave up everything (marriage, child, social reputation) for her love and commits suicide when she thinks that she will lose this love too. But the film is horrible. Yes, the pictures are good, but first of all the choice of Sophie Marceau was a terrible mistake. In the book Anna is, before she meets her later lover Wronski, a well situated lady with no personal conflicts in her life. She is self-confident, and other women come to her to get good advices for their problems with the husband, the children and so on. And then Anna meets Wronski, and her life shatters like glass. They fall in love madly, but this love is for both the worst thing that ever happens to their lives. It ruins both of them. Sophie Marceau isn't able to play this self-confident, cool woman. From the beginning she seems to be a nervous teenager, and so the drama of the story can't be developed.
There is also no passion between her and Sean Bean. I only felt very, very bored. It's a pity, that this great story was ruined, because when I heard that there would be a remake of Anna Karenina, I was very curious, because the book is one of my favourites. Unfortunately I have to say: Go and read the book! It's much better!