Anna Karenina (1915 film)
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Anna Karenina is a 1915 silent
drama film
directed by J. Gordon Edwards
and starring Betty Nansen
. The film is considered to be lost
. It was the first American adaptation
of the novel
by Leo Tolstoy
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by J. Gordon Edwards
J. Gordon Edwards
J. Gordon Edwards was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and a writer who began his career as a stage actor and as a stage director. He made his directorial debut on film in 1914's St. Elmo. Soon went on helming all of the Fox studio's mega-budget spectacles, including all of actress Theda...
and starring Betty Nansen
Betty Nansen
Betty Nansen was a Danish actress and theatre director of the theater that carries her name, the Betty Nansen Theatre....
. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
. It was the first American adaptation
Adaptations of Anna Karenina
This is a list of adaptations of Anna Karenina. Anna Karenina is a novel by Leo Tolstoy.-Drama :* 1907: Anna Karénine by French playwright Edmond Guiraud....
of the novel
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...
by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
.
Cast
- Betty NansenBetty NansenBetty Nansen was a Danish actress and theatre director of the theater that carries her name, the Betty Nansen Theatre....
- Anna Karenina - Edward JoséEdward JoséEdward José was a Belgian film director and actor of the silent era.He directed 42 films between 1915 and 1925...
- Baron Alexis Karenin - Richard Thornton - Prince Vronsky
- Stella Hammerstein
- Mabel Allen