Anna Karenina (1967 film)

{{short description|1967 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Anna Karenina

| caption = USA release DVD cover

| image = Anna Karenina FilmPoster.jpeg

| director = Aleksandr Zarkhi

| producer =

| writer =

| screenplay = Vasili Katanyan
Aleksandr Zarkhi

| based_on = {{based on|Anna Karenina
1878 novel|Leo Tolstoy}}

| starring = Tatiana Samoilova
Nikolai Gritsenko
Vasily Lanovoy
Yury Yakovlev

| music = Rodion Shchedrin

| cinematography = Leonid Kalashnikov

| editing = N. Petrikina

| distributor =

| studio = Mosfilm

| released = {{film date|1967|11|6|df=yes}}

| runtime = 145 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

}}

Anna Karenina ({{langx|ru|Анна Каренина}}) is a 1967 Soviet drama film directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi, based on the 1877 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2702/year/1968.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Anna Karenina |access-date=3 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

Plot summary

Anna Karenina is younger than her husband. She has an affair with the Count Vronsky but this has negative consequences for her.

Cast

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