ANNA KARENINA (1948)

This 1948 adaptation of Tolstoy's classic stars Vivien Leigh in the title role of Anna, a Russian beautiful woman who leaves her cuckolded bureaucrat husband, Karenin (Ralph Richardson), for an adventurous army officer, Vronsky (Kieron Moore). The affair ruins Anna's status in society and her husband refuses to give her a divorce, feeling discarded, Anna is sent to suicide by leaping in front of an onrushing train.

Director: Julien Duvivier

Producer: Alexander Korda

Script: Jean Anouilh, Julien Duvivier and Guy Morgan. (from the novel by Leo Tolstoy)

Costume Design: Cecil Beaton

Original Music: Constant Lambert

Starring: Vivien Leigh (as Anna Karenina), Ralph Richardson (Alexei Karenin), Kieron Moore (Count Vronsky), Sally Ann Howes (Kitty Scherbatsky), Niall MacGinnis (Levin), Martita Hunt (Princess Betty Tversky), Marie Lohr (Princess Scherbatsky), Michael Gough (Nicholai)

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