Anna Karenina

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Barcode: 58925687 Call Number: V-RUS 013B Material Type: Video -DVD Time: 145 min. Date: 1967, 2000 System Requirements: NTSC Language: Russian, English, French, Arabic Creator: Directed by Alexander Zarkhi Description: The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. “All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” goes the novel’s opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her… Starring in the title role was the famous Russian actress Tatiana Samoilova (“The Cranes Are Flying”). Alexander Zarkhi, 1967, 145 minutes. 2-DVD set Special Features: Interviews with Photography Director L.Kalashnikov and actors T.Samoilova, V.Lanovoy, Y.Yakovlev, B.Goldaev. Director Alexander Zarkhi, actors Maya Plisetskaya and Nikolai Gritsenko featurettes. "Behind the Scenes". Leo Tolstoy: Biography, Chronicle, Documentary. Cast and Crew Filmographies. Photo Album. Arabic voice-over Collection: Language Resource Center