Anna Karenina

A slow, serious plunge into a doomed affair, heavy with social pressure and quiet heartbreak.

Created by

Basil Coleman

Genres

Drama

Starring

Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson, Eric Porter

Overview

Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel & tragic story of the love affair between Vronsky, a Russian Count and Anna Karenina, a married upper class woman. Nicola Pagett takes the role of Anna, a young woman who is married to a man twenty years her senior (Eric Porter), and who begins a passionate affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Stuart Wilson). When she falls pregnant, Anna decides to dissolve her marriage and wed Vronsky, but true happiness proves elusive.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, betrayal, identity, isolation

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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