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Synopsis: This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the initial meeting of the starstruck lovers-to-be Vronsky and Anna Karenina. The story -- as it unfolds -- also focuses on Kitty, a young woman who is related to Anna's sister-in-law whose marital rift has brought Anna to Moscow. Until Anna shows up, Kitty had hopes of getting Vronsky, who is single and well connected, to propose to her. Ignored by Vronsky, Kitty turns her attention to another suitor, a man who seems to have a lot in common with Tolstoy.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Clarence Brown
Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1935
95 min
538 Views


There are no excuses

for a dreadful wrong like this.

Dolly, it's you I'm thinking of.

Can't you bring yourself to forgive him?

Could you forgive him if...?

- What have you been doing to Dolly?

- You make me uncomfortable, Kitty.

- What have you been doing?

- Nothing. Scarcely anything.

- Anna.

- Kitty.

You're so grown-up.

I can't believe it's you.

- I'm so terribly glad to see you, Anna.

- Well? Well?

- You go in now, Stiva.

- Right now?

Immediately.

- Are you sure it's all...?

- It's all right, Stiva.

Throw away your cigar.

Anna, I could hardly wait

when Stiva told me you were coming.

You're so beautiful.

Tell me, are you staying

for the next ball? Oh, you must.

- When is it to be?

- Friday, at the Korsunskys'.

You always have a good time

at the Korsunskys'.

At your age,

one has a good time anywhere.

Oh, no, some places are fun

and others aren't.

But you expect a great deal

of this particular ball, don't you, Kitty?

Yes. Yes, I do. How did you know?

Oh, it's such a happy time of your life.

That blissful time

when childhood is just ending.

And the future's all warm and inviting.

I remember.

One swims in a mysterious blue haze...

like the mist on the mountains

in Switzerland.

That mist covers everything.

And out of it may rise, at any moment,

the shape of the beloved one.

Only half imagined, half dreamed.

Anna. Anna.

For you, perhaps,

this shape is clearer still.

Yes. Yes, he is. May I tell you?

- Of course.

- No, I... I don't think I'd better.

- Oh, yes, do.

- A young officer in the emperor's guard.

Count Vronsky.

Vronsky?

You know him?

I met him this morning

at the railway station.

What about Levin? I thought

you were going to marry Levin.

Well, Anna, with Levin, it's different.

Oh, I'm terribly fond of Levin,

but, oh, he's so serious.

And he lives in the country.

I see.

But Vronsky,

tell me what you think of Vronsky.

He's very charming and very kind.

- Well, Kitty. Well, Anna.

- Was it all right, Stiva?

I managed it,

but it required considerable tact.

Ilytch Vassiltchikoff.

Count and Countess Boulgakovy.

Prince and Princess Lvovy.

His Excellency,

Ivan Ivanovitch Aparksin.

Anna Arkadyevna Karenina.

Prince and Princess Oblonskyia.

Princess Ekaterina

Aleksandrovna Scherbatskaya.

Konstantin Dmitrich Levin.

Levin.

Anna, this is Konstantin Dmitrich Levin.

My sister, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina.

Well, Levin, how are you?

What brings you to our corrupt Babylon?

At the risk of offending you...

I must tell you

you're as smart as a native Muscovite.

- That doesn't offend me.

- Levin thinks we are parasitic idlers...

simply because we don't

plow the fields.

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Leo Tolstoy

Count Lyov (also Lev) Nikolayevich Tolstoy (English: ; Russian: Лёв (also Лев) Николаевич Толстой, tr. Lyov (also Lev) Nikoláyevich Tolstóy; IPA: [lʲɵf] (also [lʲef]) [nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ tɐlˈstoj] ( listen); 9 September [O.S. 28 August] 1828 – 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. Born to an aristocratic Russian family in 1828, he is best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. He first achieved literary acclaim in his twenties with his semi-autobiographical trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852–1856), and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based upon his experiences in the Crimean War. Tolstoy's fiction includes dozens of short stories and several novellas such as The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Family Happiness (1859), and Hadji Murad (1912). He also wrote plays and numerous philosophical essays. In the 1870s Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, as outlined in his non-fiction work A Confession (1882). His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, centering on the Sermon on the Mount, caused him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, expressed in such works as The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), were to have a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Tolstoy also became a dedicated advocate of Georgism, the economic philosophy of Henry George, which he incorporated into his writing, particularly Resurrection (1899). more…

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