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  • Director: Julien Duvivier
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Marriage Drama, Period Film
  • Themes: Infidelity, Crumbling Marriages, Star-Crossed Lovers
  • Main Cast: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster, Mary Kerridge
  • Release Year: 1948
  • Country: UK
  • Run Time: 123 minutes

Plot

This 1948 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina was produced in England by Alexander Korda, and released in the US by 20th Century-Fox. Vivien Leigh plays the title role, a 19th-century Russian gentlewoman married to Czarist official Ralph Richardson. Though her marriage is not intolerable, Anna is swept off her feet by dashing young military officer Vronsky, played by Kieron Moore. The ensuing scandal ruins Anna's status in society. Anna Karenina had previously been filmed twice in Hollywood, with both versions starring Greta Garbo. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Marie Lohr - Princess Scherbatsky; Frank Tickle - Prince Scherbatsky; Sally Ann Howes - Kitty Scherbatsky; Niall MacGinnis - Constantine Levin; Michael Gough - Nicholai; Heather Thatcher - Countess Lydia Ivanovna; Mary Martlew - Princess Nathalia; Ruby Miller - Countess Meskov; Austin Trevor - Col. Vronsky; Guy Verney - Prince Makhotin; John Longden - Gen. Serpuhousky; Beckett Bould - Matvey; Leslie E. Bradley - Korsunsky; Gino Cervi - Enrico; Helen Haye - Countess Vronsky; Martita Hunt - Princess Betsy Tversky; Michael Medwin - Doctor; John Salew - Lawyer; Jeremy Spenser - Giuseppe; Therese Giehse - Marietta; Judith Nelmes - Miss Hull

Credit

Cecil Beaton - Costume Designer, Julien Duvivier - Director, Russell Lloyd - Editor, Constant Lambert - Composer (Music Score), André Andrejew - Production Designer, Henri Alékan - Cinematographer, Robert Walker - Cinematographer, Alexander Korda - Producer, W. Percy Day - Special Effects, Jean Anouilh - Screenwriter, Julien Duvivier - Screenwriter, Guy Morgan - Screenwriter, Leo Tolstoy - Book Author

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Anna Karenina

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Directed by Julien Duvivier
Produced by Alexander Korda
Written by Leo Tolstoy (novel)
Julien Duvivier
Jean Anouilh
Guy Morgan
Starring Vivien Leigh
Ralph Richardson
Kieron Moore
Sally Ann Howes
Martita Hunt
Music by Constant Lambert
Cinematography Henri Alekan
Editing by Russell Lloyd
Distributed by British Lion Films
London Films
20th Century Fox (US)
Release date(s) Flag of the United Kingdom 22 January 1948
Flag of the United States 27 April 1948
Running time 139 min.
(Canada/US:111 min.)
(DVD 123 min.)
Country United Kingdom
Language English / Italian

Anna Karenina (also known in the UK as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina) is a 1948 British film based on the 19th century novel, Anna Karenina, by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh in the title role. It was produced by Alexander Korda for his company, London Films, and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was by Jean Anouilh, Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan, music by Constant Lambert, decors by André Andrejew and cinematography by Henri Alekan.

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Plot

Anna Karenina (Vivien Leigh) is married to Tsarist official Alexei Karenin (Ralph Richardson). She falls in love with a young military officer, Count Vronsky (Kieron Moore), and the two begin an affair. The resulting scandal ruins Anna.

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