Anna Karenina (1967 film)

Anna Karenina
USA release DVD cover
Directed byAleksandr Zarkhi
Screenplay byVasili Katanyan
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Based onAnna Karenina
1878 novel
by Leo Tolstoy
StarringTatiana Samoilova
Nikolai Gritsenko
Vasily Lanovoy
Yury Yakovlev
CinematographyLeonid Kalashnikov
Edited byN. Petrikina
Music byRodion Shchedrin
Production
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Release date
  • 6 November 1967 (1967-11-06)
Running time
145 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi, based on the 1877 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[1] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

Plot summary

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Anna Karenina is younger than her husband. She has an affair with the Count Vronsky but this has negative consequences for her.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Anna Karenina". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 April 2009.
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