Anna Karenina1985
Anna Karenina (1985)
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The best-known of the 12 filmed adaptations of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina include the 1936 Garbo vehicle and the 1947 Vivien Leigh vehicle. This made-for-TV version is every bit as elaborate and tasteful as those earlier efforts. Jacqueline Bisset makes her TV-movie debut as Anna, the wife of 19th century Russian nobleman Karenin (Paul Scofield). When she falls in love with the dashing Count Vronsky (Christopher Reeve), Anna runs afoul of the rigid social structure of the era-and of a husband whose anguish translates into revenge. The teleplay was by James Goldman, author of The Lion in Winter and screenwriter of another Russian-based period piece, Nicholas and Alexandria. Anna Karenina premiered March 26, 1985.
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Cast
Jacqueline Bisset
as Anna Karenina
as Anna Karenina
Christopher Reeve
as Count Vronsky
as Count Vronsky
Paul Scofield
as Alexei Karenin
as Alexei Karenin
Ian Ogilvy
as Stiva
as Stiva
Anna Massey
as Betsy
as Betsy
Judi Bowker
as Kitty
as Kitty
Joanna David
as Dolly Oblonsky
as Dolly Oblonsky
Valerie Lush
as Annushka
as Annushka
Paul Geoffrey
as Petritsky
as Petritsky
Neil Amswych
as Seroyzha
as Seroyzha
Nicholas Selby
as Doctor
as Doctor
Philip Bowen
as Mikhail
as Mikhail
Oscar Quitak
as Volodya
as Volodya
Ralph Nossek
as Grisha
as Grisha
Imre Szabo
as Dr. Hauser
as Dr. Hauser
Julian Battersby
as Train Conductor
as Train Conductor
Magda Darvas
as French Maid
as French Maid
Marsha Fitzalan
as Lady
as Lady
Peter Forbes-Robertson
as Nobleman
as Nobleman
Terez Bod
as Railway Worker's Wife
as Railway Worker's Wife
George Malpas
as Stationmaster
as Stationmaster
Agnes David
as Midwife
as Midwife
Sandra Berkin
as Nanny
as Nanny
Barbara New
as Miss Hull
as Miss Hull
Sara Mair Thomas
as 1st Parlormaid
as 1st Parlormaid
Ildiko Molnar
as 2nd Parlormaid
as 2nd Parlormaid
Judy Campbell
as Countess Vronsky
as Countess Vronsky
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Jacqueline Bisset gives a heartfelt reading of the great Russian heroine and is at perhaps the peak of her beauty having past her girlish prettiness and entered into an exquisite loveliness. The awesome Paul Scofield commands the screen every second he is present and makes the cuckolded husband's anguish and sense of betrayal and the cruelty that is the result understandable. Christopher Reeve cuts a dashing figure and gives it his best shot but his costars simply act rings around him. Try and see the full version which runs about 3 hours.
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