Summaries

Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.

Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. 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.—Steve Shelokhonov

Details

Keywords
  • character name as title
  • wife
  • saint petersburg russia
  • 1880s
  • anna karenina character
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Apr 3, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom Russia
Language English Russian
Filming locations Menshikov Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
Production companies Icon Productions Studio Trite Icon Entertainment International

Box office

Budget $35000000
Gross US & Canada $858553
Opening weekend US & Canada $75268
Gross worldwide $858553

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 48m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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