Anna Karenina (1975 film)

{{short description|1975 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Anna Karenina

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| director = Margarita Pilikhina

| producer =

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

| screenplay = Boris Lvov-Anokhin

| starring = Maya Plisetskaya
Alexander Godunov
Nina Sorokina
Yuri Vladimirov
Aleksandr Sedov
M. Sedova
Vladimir Tikhonov

| music = Rodion Shchedrin

| cinematography = Vladimir Papyan
Margarita Pilikhina

| editing =

| studio = Mosfilm

| distributor = Darelcine

| released = {{Film date|1975}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = Soviet Union

| language = Russian

| budget =

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Anna Karenina ({{langx|ru|Анна Каренина}}) is a 1975 Soviet film directed by Margarita Pilikhina. It was first shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival where it premiered out of competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1975/outOfCompetition.html|title=Official Selection 1975: Out of Competition|website=Festival de Cannes|accessdate=August 12, 2014}}

The film is a Bolshoi Ballet version of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina with choreography by Maya Plisetskaya who also took on the title role.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Maya Plisetskaya|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/464870/Maya-Plisetskaya|accessdate=August 12, 2014}}