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Product Information
Channel 4 Television's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic story. Tells the story of three very different couples set in nineteenth century Russia.
Product Identifiers
ProducerGeorge Faber, Matthew Bond
EAN5014138296773
eBay Product ID (ePID)3959574
Product Key Features
ActorKevin Mckidd, Sara Kestelman, Amanda Root, Jackson Leach, Douglas Henshall, Mark Strong, Stephen Dillane, Helen Mccrory, Paloma Baeza
Film/TV TitleAnna Karenina
DirectorDavid Blair
LanguageEnglish
Run Time240 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Wide Screen
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen
GenreDrama, Period
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Additional InformationA tale of adulterous and tragic passion, ANNA KARENINA uses an intimate documentary style coupled with luxurious period costumes and sets to convey the drama of Leo Tolstoy's greatest novel. Beautiful, compassionate Anna (Helen McCrory) is the wife of Alexey Karenin (Stephen Dillane), a high-ranking government official. Her stable but loveless life changes drastically when she leaves her beloved son, Seriozha (Jackson Leach), for the first time to journey to Moscow where her philandering brother, Stepan Oblonsky (Mark Strong), has betrayed his long-suffering but loyal wife, Dolly (Amanda Root). While there, Anna meets Count Alexey Vronsky (Kevin McKidd), who relentlessly pursues her from the moment they meet and quite easily succeeds in seducing her. Anna and Vronsky try to do the right thing--they want to get married and are desperate for Anna's divorce from her unfeeling husband, especially when they learn Anna is pregnant. Her husband, Karenin, however, is obsessed with appearances, and would rather keep Anna a prisoner of their marriage--and an outcast from society--than set her free. ANNA KARENINA expertly conveys the messages that Tolstoy intended to communicate, creating a gripping, dramatic, and timeless story. As seen on Masterpiece Theater.