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Anna Karenina is a British film of genre Drama directed by Guy Hamilton released in USA on 22 january 1948 with Vivien Leigh
Anna Karenina (1948)
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Add to a movie listAnna Karenina (also known within the UK as Tolstoy's Anna Karenina) is a 1948 British film based on the 19th-century novel, Anna Karenina, by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.
The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh in the title role. It was produced by Alexander Korda (with Herbert Mason as associate producer) for his company, London Films, and distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was by Jean Anouilh, Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan, music by Constant Lambert, decors by André Andrejew and deep focus cinematography by Henri Alekan.
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Anna Karenina (Vivien Leigh) is married to Alexei Karenin (Ralph Richardson), a cold government official in St Petersburg who is apparently more interested in his career than in satisfying the emotional needs of his wife. Called to Moscow by her brother Stepan Oblonsky (Hugh Dempster), a reprobate who has been unfaithful to his trusting wife Dolly (Mary Kerridge) once too often, Anna meets Countess Vronsky (Helen Haye) on the night train. They discuss their sons, with the Countess showing Anna a picture of her son Count Vronsky (Kieron Moore), a cavalry officer.Actors
Vivien Leigh
(Anna Karenina)
Ralph Richardson
(Alexei Karenin)
Kieron Moore
(Count Vronsky)
Sally Ann Howes
(Kitty Scherbatsky)
Martita Hunt
(Princess Betty Tversky)
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