Rent Anna Karenina (1961)
3.0 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 48min
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- Synopsis:
Sean Cannery and Claire Bloom star in the BBC's triumphant 1961 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's romantic masterpiece.
When the beautiful young aristocrat Anna Karenina (Claire Boom) meets the dashing Count Vronsky (Sean Connery) at a Moscow railway station, their first meeting is overshadowed by tragedy. It is an omen...
Trapped in a loveless, arranged marriage with the cold Allexei Karenin, Anna tries her best to resist the passionate advances of Vronsky, but eventually agrees to become his mistress.Her actions cause outrage in St. Petersburg society and her husband refuses her the dignity of a divorce. He also prevents her seeing her beloved son - until she agrees to leave Vronsky forever.
Shunned, heartbroken and trapped by the very love she'd always sought, Anna's actions become ever more desperate...- Actors:
- Claire Bloom, Sean Connery, Albert Lieven, Valerie Taylor, Jack Watling, Daphne Anderson, June Thorburn, Frank Williams, Alan Tilvern, David Lander, Robert Percival, Patricia Laffan, Campbell Cotts, Derek Aylward, Peter Augustine, John Barrett, Alice Esmie-Bell, Elaine Inescourt, Gertan Klauber, Elaine Laniado
- Directors:
- Rudolph Cartier
- Producers:
- Rudolph Cartier
- Writers:
- Donald Bull, Marcelle Maurette
- Studio:
- Simply Home Entertainement
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
