Anna Karenina is a 1997 film by director Bernard Rose, Starring Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean. Based on Bernard Rose's adaptation of the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. It was filmed entirely in Russia on locations in St. Peterburg and Moscow. Dr Bernard William George Rose (1916-1996), was variously a student at the Royal College of Music, organist, soldier, and composer. ... Bruce Davey is an Austrailian film producer in the United States. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: , IPA:  ), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, moral thinker, and an influential member of the Tolstoy family. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, also Sergey Rachmaninov or Serge Rakhmaninov (Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов), (April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr (Peter) Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij;  )[1] (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... Warner Bros. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sean Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. ... Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical Ruskii Vestnik (Russian: Русский Вестник, Russian Messenger). Tolstoy clashed with its editor Mikhail Katkov over issues that arose in the final installment. ... Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Russian: , IPA:  ), commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy (September 9 [O.S. August 28] 1828 – November 20 [O.S. November 7] 1910) was a Russian novelist, writer, essayist, philosopher, Christian anarchist, pacifist, educational reformer, moral thinker, and an influential member of the Tolstoy family. ...

Plot

Anna Karenina is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and twenty years older then Anna. She is bored with her husband. She makes a trip from St. Petersburg to Moscow, there she meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression and suicidal thoughts. Anna loses interest in such a life and jumps under a train.

Cast

• Sophie Marceau as Anna Karenina
• Sean Bean as Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky
• Alfred Molina as Konstantin Dmitriewich Levin
• Mia Kirshner as Yekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatsky, "Kitty"
• James Fox as Count Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
• Fiona Shaw as Lydia Ivanovna
• Danny Huston as Stepan Arkadyevitsch Oblonsky, "Stiva"
• Saskia Wickham as Darya Alexandrovna, "Dolly"
• Phyllida Law as Countess Vronskaya
• David Schofield as Nikolai
• Jennifer Hall as Betsy
• Petr Shelokhonov as Kapitonich, Karenin's butler

This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sean Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959) is an English film and stage actor. ... Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. ... Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress who works in movies and television series. ... James Fox (born 19 May 1939) is an English actor. ... Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ... Danny Huston is a Hollywood film director, the brother of actress Anjelica Huston, the son of legendary director John Huston, and the grandson of Academy Award-winning actor Walter Huston. ... Saskia Wickham (born London, January 14, 1967) is a British actress best known for playing Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV television drama series Peak Practice between 1996 and 1998. ... Phyllida Law (born 8 May 1932) is a Scottish actress. ... David Schofield (born 1951 in Manchester) is an English actor. ... Famous Betsies A name of many different woman, many of them famous. ... // Petr (Peter) Shelokhonov was born on August 15, 1929 in Belarus. ...

External links

• Anna Karenina (1997 film) at the Internet Movie Database