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Anna Karenina

1948 · 139 min

A lush, slow-burning tragedy of forbidden love, where opulent ballrooms and snowy trains frame a woman's unraveling under society's gaze.

Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Vivien Leigh— in the most magnificent love story ever written!
Overview
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted— but in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

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Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Written by
Guy Morgan, Jean Anouilh, Julien Duvivier
Starring
Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster, Mary Kerridge, Marie Lohr, Frank Tickle, Sally Ann Howes
Music
Constant Lambert
Cinematography
Henri Alekan
Runtime
139 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Italian

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