Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)
{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| writer = Allan Cubitt
| based_on = Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
| image =
| caption =
| genre = Period drama
| director = David Blair
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Helen McCrory
- Kevin McKidd
- Stephen Dillane
- Mark Strong
- Amanda Root
- Douglas Henshall
- Paloma Baeza
- Abigail Cruttenden
- Paul Rhys
- Gillian Barge
- Malcolm Sinclair
- Victoria Carling
}}
| producer = Matthew Bird
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- George Faber
- Allan Cubitt
- Rebecca Eaton
- Charles Pattinson
- Suzan Harrison
}}
| composer = John E. Keane
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 4
| company = {{Plainlist|
}}
| network = Channel 4
| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|05|09|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2000|05|30|df=yes}}
}}
Anna Karenina is a four-part British television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name.
It was directed by David Blair and aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 from 9 to 30 May 2000 and in America on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in 2001.
Plot
Anna is travelling by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow to visit her brother, Stiva. Stiva is married to Dolly; however, he has been having an affair with the governess of his children and needs Anna's help to repair his marriage.
Anna too is married, to Karenin, an important official, with an 8-year-old son. At the end of the journey she meets Count Vronsky, the son of her travelling companion on the train, and in due course she and Vronsky begin an affair.
In the meantime, Stiva's friend Constantine Levin courts Dolly's younger sister Kitty. Levin and Kitty are both unmarried. But Kitty is initially attracted to Vronsky and rejects Levin's first proposal; he leaves Moscow and returns to his farm in the countryside.
Nikolai, Constantine Levin's brother, cohabits with a former prostitute named Masha and is constantly in debt.
Cast
- Helen McCrory as Anna
- Kevin McKidd as Vronsky
- Stephen Dillane as Karenin
- Mark Strong as Stiva
- Amanda Root as Dolly
- Douglas Henshall as Levin (Constantine "Kostya")
- Paloma Baeza as Kitty
- Abigail Cruttenden as Betsy
- Paul Rhys as Nikolai
- Gillian Barge as Princess Shcherbatskaya
- Malcolm Sinclair as Prince Shcherbatsky
- Victoria Carling as Annushka
- Tom Ward as Yashvin
Reception
It received a positive review from Mark Lawson in The Guardian.{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |title=The love train |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/may/08/tvandradio.television1 |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=8 May 2000}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0246353|title=Anna Karenina}}
- [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/anna/index.html Masterpiece official page]
References
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Category:2000 British television series debuts
Category:2000 British television series endings
Category:2000s British drama television series
Category:Channel 4 television dramas
Category:Works based on Anna Karenina
Category:Television series set in the 19th century
Category:Television shows based on Russian novels
Category:2000s British television miniseries
Category:Television series by All3Media
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in Russia