Anna Karenina

Director: Alexander Zarkhi Alexander Zarkhi

Overview

After several previous attempts by foreign directors who miss the mark, this Russian film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina most accurately follows the Tolstoy novel and remains superior to all other versions to date. It concerns the struggle of a woman to find her place in Russian society. Anna (Tatiana Samoilova) is shunned by society when she leaves her older husband and small son for the dashing young cavalry officer Vronsky (Vassili Lanovai). The officer is torn between his love for Anna and his social and military responsibilities. Bolshoi ballet star Maia Plisetskaya is the noble Princess who at first helps Anna, then turns her back on her. Anna is caught between the worlds of high society and privilege and the downtrodden peasants who are victimized by the economic elite. She tries desperately to follow her heart as she is harshly judged by society for trying to find her place.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/07/2006
UPC:	0738329049126
Original Release:	1967
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Lorber
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Time:	2:25:00
Sales rank:	45,584

Special Features

"Thoughts About Leo Tolstoy" A short film about Leo Tolstoy's life and home; Chronikle: Rare film footage of Leo Tolstoy at the end of his life; "The Making of Anna Karenina"; Video interviews with the director, actors and cameraman; Leo Tolstoy biography; Photo album; Cast & crew biographies/filmographies; Languages: Spoken: Original Russian, English dubbed, French dubbed; Optional subtitles: English, French and Spanish

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tatiana Samoilova	Anna Karenina
Nikolai Gritsenko	Alexei Karenin
Vasiliy Lanovoy	Count Vronsky
Anastasia Vertinskaya	Kitty Scherbatsky
Iya Savvina	Dolly Oblonsky
Yuri Yakovlev	Actor
Boris Goldaev	Actor
Lidiya Sukharevskaya	Lydia
Sofya Pilyavskaya	Actor
Yelena Tyapkina	Actor
Vasya Sakhnovsky	Seryozha
Alexander Kaidanovsky	Actor
Yu. Volyntsev	Actor
Andrey Tutyshkin	Actor

Technical Credits

Alexander Zarkhi

Alexander Zarkhi	Director,Screenwriter
Leonid Kalashnikov	Cinematographer
Rodion Shchedrin	Score Composer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Anna Karenina
1. Credits [2:04]
2. Oblonsky and Dolly [4:54]
3. Anna's Arrival [8:11]
4. Kitty [8:28]
5. Going to St. Petersburg [5:07]
6. At the Theatre [7:06]
7. Eclaircissment With the Husband [3:38]
8. Conversation During the Hunting [2:38]
9. Encounter in Peterhof [3:05]
10. The Races [14:18]
11. Vronsky's Arguments [8:46]
1. Dinner at the Oblonskys' [6:23]
2. Anna's Illness [5:34]
3. Vronsky and Karenin [4:13]
4. Anna is Perturbed [8:16]
5. A Visit Abroad [4:38]
6. Father and Son [3:33]
7. Mother and Son [3:31]
8. Deprecation [9:50]
9. Vronsky's Departure [7:36]
10. Having Fights [5:28]
11. Anna and Kitty [2:04]
12. Suicide [3:06]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Anna Karenina
   Play
   Chapters
      Part One
      Part Two
   Language Selection and Subtitles
      Russian Mono
      English 5.1
      French 5.1
      English
      French
      Spanish
Disc #2 -- Anna Karenina: Extras
   Leo Tolstoy
      Biography
      Thoughts About Leo Tolstoy
      Making the Film
      Chronikle
      Subtitles
         English
         French
         Spanish
         Subtitles Off
      Director Alexander Zarkhi
      Interview With the Actress Tatiana Samoylova
      Interview With the Actor Vassili Lanovov
      Interview With the Actor Yuri Yakovlev
      Interview With the Actor Boris Goldaev
      Photo Album