| Anna Karenina | |
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| Directed by | Simon Langton |
| Produced by | Simon Langton |
| Written by | James Goldman Leo Tolstoy |
| Based on | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| Starring | Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Reeve Paul Scofield Ian Ogilvy |
| Music by | Patrick Gowers |
| Cinematography | Kelvin Pike |
| Editing by | Barry Peters |
| Release date(s) | March 26, 1985 |
| Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Anna Karenina is a United States 1985 made-for-TV movie version of the famous Leo Tolstoy novel, Anna Karenina.
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Tragic Anna Karenina ("Kah-REN-yah-NAH") leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. The unfortunate series of events leaves her hopelessly depressed.
This 1985 TV movie version starred:
Actor Christopher Reeve, according to his autobiography "Still Me", claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident, 10 years later, falling from a horse and being paralyzed in 1995.[1]