Anna Karenina (1975 film)

Anna Karenina (Russian: 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.[1]

Anna Karenina
Directed byMargarita Pilikhina
Based onAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
StarringMaya Plisetskaya 
                 Alexander Godunov
                 Nina Sorokina
                 Yuri Vladimirov
                 Aleksandr Sedov
                 M. Sedova
Vladimir Tikhonov
Production
company
Release date
1975
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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.[2]

Plot

Count Vronsky (Alexander Godunov) spots Anna Karenina (Maya Plisetskaya) waiting at a train station. He is immediately taken with her. When the two meet again they cannot deny their attraction and dance passionately together.

Cast

References
  1. "Official Selection 1975: Out of Competition". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  2. "Maya Plisetskaya". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 12, 2014.

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