
Karenin is deeply touched by her pain and agrees to forgive her.

Though they are happy together, their relationship soon crumbles after she miscarries his child. Eventually, Anna surrenders to her feelings for him and becomes his mistress. Vronsky is instantly smitten and follows her to St. During a ball in Moscow, she encounters the handsome Count Alexei Vronsky. She is unhappy and lives only for their son, Seriozha. The film is the only international version filmed entirely in Russia, at locations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.Īnna Karenina is the young and elegant wife of Alexei Karenin, a wealthy Russian nobleman twenty years her senior. Eventually, the conflict between her passionate desires and painful social realities leads to depression and despair.

Based on the 1878 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy, the film is about a young and beautiful married woman who meets a handsome count, with whom she falls in love. Anna Karenina is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner and James Fox.
