Main Cast: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner, James Fox
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Leo Tolstoy's classic novel is brought to the screen once again in what was the first American-based production of this story to be filmed on location in Russia. Anna (Sophie Marceau) is married to Alexei (James Fox), but while their relationship is not outwardly unhappy, it's clear that neither has much enthusiasm for either their spouse or their marriage. While visiting her bother Stiva (Danny Huston), who is having marital problems of his own, Anna meets Count Vronsky (Sean Bean). An immediate mutual attraction arises between them, and soon Vronsky has left behind his mistress Kitty (Mia Kirshner) to pursue Anna. Anna is initially uncertain about her feelings, but she soon throws caution to the wind and embarks on a passionate affair with Vronsky. However, Anna's love for the Count is strong enough that Alexei becomes keenly aware of her indiscretion, and when she discovers that she is carrying Vronsky's child, Alexei offers her two options -- she can leave Vronsky, resume her marriage, and keep the baby, or stay with Vronsky and give up her unborn child. This was at least the tenth feature-length production of Anna Karenina to reach the screen, though one of the best known appeared under a different title -- Love, starring Gretta Garbo. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Fiona Shaw - Lydia; Niall Buggy - Doctor; Anna Calder-Marshall - Princess Scherbatsky; Anthony Calf - Serpuhovskoy; Vernon Dobtcheff - Pestov; Stefan Gryff - Korunsky; Phyllida Law - Vronskaya; David Schofield - Nikolai; Jennifer Hall - Betsy; Danny Huston - Stiva; Sergei Parshin - Doctor's Doorman; Saskia Wickham - Dolly Oblonsky; Justine Waddell - Countess Nordston; Jeremy Sheffield - Boris; Nora Gryakalova - Myagkaya; Gelena Ivleva - Lizaveta; Yuliya Krasnova - Annushka; Konstantin Lukashov - Moscow Railway Worker; Kseniya Rappoport - Maria; Sergei Scherbin - Korney; Petr Shelokhonov - Kapitonich; Valerie Braddell - Ambassador's Wife; Igor Efimov - Servant; Hamish Falconer - Seriozha; Victor Gurianov - Peasant; Mikail Hmelev - Mahotin; Barbara Horne - Miss Edwards; Oleg Kosminsky - Titus; Larissa Kousnetsova - Agatha; Valery Kukhareshen - Specialist Doctor; Ludmila Kurepova - Princess Sorokin; Alexandra Lavrova - Young Anna; German Maximov - Priest; Father Vadim Sadovnikov - Inn Priest; Leonty Varenstov - Peasant; Tatiana Zaharova - Midwife
Credit
James Edward Ferrell, Jr. - Art Director, Sergei Shemyakin - Art Director, Jim Lemley - Associate Producer, Marion Dougherty - Casting, Douglas Wright - Casting, Hayley Murt - Casting, Maria Sudorenko - Choreography, Diane Chittell - Coordinator, Maurizio Millenotti - Costume Designer, Di Erdre Williams - Costume Designer, Mark Cotone - First Assistant Director, Mark Carter - First Assistant Director, Laura Nisbet - First Assistant Director, Martin Krauka - First Assistant Director, Bernard Rose - Director, John Murray - Editor, Michael Dressel - Editor, Christopher Flick - Editor, Victor DuBois - Editor, Christopher T. Welch - Editor, Dan Yale - Editor, Piero Mura - Editor, Michele Perrone - Editor, Dean Beville - Editor, Val Kuklowsky - Editor, Linda Di Franco - Editor, Maria Montoreano - Editor, Scott Curtis - Editor, Stephen McEveety - Executive Producer, Paul LeBlanc - Hair Styles, Roy Bryson - Hair Styles, Mike R. Beche - Location Manager, Dean Beville - Composer (Music Score), Sir Georg Solti - Musical Direction/Supervision, John Stronach - Musical Direction/Supervision, Paul LeBlanc - Makeup, Lydia Milars - Makeup, John Myhre - Production Designer, Daryn Okada - Cinematographer, Jim Lemley - Production Manager, Chris Silver Finnigan - Production Manager, Mel Gibson - Producer, Stephen McEveety - Producer, Bruce Davey - Producer, Marthe Pineau - Set Designer, Shuan Rutter - Special Effects, Andy Williams - Special Effects, Kevin Draycott - Special Effects, Peter Glossop - Sound Mixer, Doc Kane - Sound Mixer, Scott Weber - Sound Mixer, P. Glossip - Sound/Sound Designer, David Hagberg - Sound/Sound Designer, Todd Toon - Sound Editor, Mike Boudry - Sound Recordist, Graeme Crowther - Stunts Coordinator, Sergei Shulga - Stunts Coordinator, Leonid Vereschagin - Supervisor/Manager, Fred Judkins - Supervisor/Manager, Todd Toon - Supervisor/Manager, Mable Lawson McCrary - Supervisor/Manager, Andy Williams - Supervisor/Manager, Di Erdre Williams - Supervisor/Manager, Yuri Glotov - Supervisor/Manager, Bernard Rose - Screenwriter, Mable Lawson McCrary - Screenwriter, Fred Judkins - Action Director, Mel Metcalfe - Re-Recording Mixer, Terry Porter - Re-Recording Mixer, Dean A. Zupancic - Re-Recording Mixer, David Kern - Sound Effects Director, Nils C. Jensen - Sound Effects Director, Adam Kopald - Sound Effects Director, Jim Brookshire - Dialogue Editor, Albert Gasser - Dialogue Editor, John Kwiatkowski - Dialogue Editor, Leo Tolstoy - Book Author, Pablo Ferro - Title Design
