Anna Karenina (1967 film)
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Anna Karenina is a 1967 Soviet drama film
directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi
, based on the novel of the same name
by Leo Tolstoy
. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival
, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
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 Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Zarkhi
Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Aleksandr Zarkhi was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and received Stalin Prize in 1946...
, based on the novel of the same name
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...
. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival
1968 Cannes Film Festival
The 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France.Peter Lennon's documentary Rocky Road To Dublin was to be the final film screened at the festival...
, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
Cast
- Tatyana Samojlova - Anna Karenina
- Nikolai GritsenkoNikolai GritsenkoNikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko was a Soviet actor of Russian-Ukrainian heritage. He appeared in 33 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Moscow, Russia. There he was designated Honorable actor of Russia and People's Actor of the USSR...
- Karenin - Vasili Lanovoy - Vronsky
- Yuriy Yakovlev - Stiva Oblonsky (as Yu. Yakovlev)
- Boris Goldayev - Konstantin Levin (as B. Goldayev)
- Anastasiya VertinskayaAnastasiya VertinskayaAnastasiya Alexandrovna Vertinskaya , a Soviet and Russian actress whose mass popularity and high critical acclaim made her one of the most distinguished figures in the history of the 20th century Soviet cinema...
- Kitty (as A. Vertinskaya) - Iya Savvina - Dolly (as I. Savvina)
- Maya PlisetskayaMaya PlisetskayaMaya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya , born is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Maya danced during the Soviet era at the same time as the great Galina Ulanova, and took over from her as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi in 1960...
- Knyagina Betsy (as M. Plisetskaya) - Lidiya SukharevskayaLidiya SukharevskayaLidiya Sukharevskaya was a Soviet stage actress and playwright renowned for her work with Nikolay Akimov and Andrey Goncharov. Her frequent stage partner was Boris Tenin, her husband. She also appeared in 14 films between 1939 and 1981...
- Lidiya Ivanovna (as L. Sukharevskaya) - Yelena Tyapkina - Knyagina Myagkaya (as Ye. Tyapkina)
- Sofiya Pilyavskaya - Grafina Vronskaya (as S. Pilyavskaya)
- Andrei Tutyshkin - Lawyer (as A. Tutishkin)
- Vasili Sakhnovsky - Seryozha (as Vasya Sakhnovsky)
- Anatoli Kubatsky - Camerdiner Kapitonich (as A. Kubatsky)