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Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1948 DVD Release: 07/07/1998 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Special Collection SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 51 mins Studio: Madacy Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Marriage Drama See Also: Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina [O-Ring]

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

Vivien Leigh - Anna Karenina
Ralph Richardson - Alexei Karenin
Kieron Moore - Count Vronsky
Hugh Dempster - Stefan Oblonsky
Mary Kerridge - Dolly Oblonsky

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. Her proud husband refuses to give Anna a divorce, nor will he let her see her son. Having sacrificed everything and gained nothing, Anna sees no recourse but to throw herself in front of an oncoming train. Julien Duvivier's direction is nearly as dark and doom-laden as the Tolstoy original, though even at 110 minutes the film sustains audience interest. Anna Karenina had previously been filmed twice in Hollywood, with both versions starring Greta Garbo (one of these, the 1927 silent Love, with an asinine happy ending!) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide