Anna Karenina
1935 · Movie · NR · 95 min · ★ 6.5 · 88% critics
In Imperial Russia, a married woman travels to Moscow and meets a charming cavalry officer who awakens feelings she can’t ignore. As their connection grows, the strict rules of high society threaten her standing, her family life, and everything she’s built.
Based on Anna Karenina
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Details
- Years
- 1935
- Release date
- 1935-08-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (99 votes)
About
If you enjoy classic, emotionally intense romances about love versus social rules, this may click—especially if you like Camille; Not for you if you want a light tone, fast pacing, or a hopeful, feel-good story.
Pros: sweeping period romance; strong lead presence; lavish society scenes | Cons: romance feels rushed; uneven chemistry; heavy, bleak mood
Themes
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- marriage
- st. petersburg, russia
- love
- train
- love affair
- husband wife estrangement
- literary adaptation
- 19th century
- statesman
- +3 more
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Cast & crew
Greta Garbo
as Anna Karenina
Fredric March
as Count Vronsky
Freddie Bartholomew
as Sergei
Maureen O'Sullivan
as Kitty
May Robson
as Countess Vronsky
Basil Rathbone
as Alexei Alexandrovitch Karenin
Reginald Owen
as Stiva
Phoebe Foster
as Dolly
Reginald Denny
as Yashvin
Gyles Isham
as Konstantin Demitrievitch Levin
Directed by Clarence Brown