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A married woman compromises her social standing and family life when she falls for a young officer.A married woman compromises her social standing and family life when she falls for a young officer.A married woman compromises her social standing and family life when she falls for a young officer.
- Awards
- 3 wins
Philippe De Lacy
- Serezha - Anna's Child
- (as Philippe de Lacy)
George Blagoi
- Cavalryman
- (uncredited)
Mathilde Comont
- Marfa - Hostess at Inn
- (uncredited)
Edward Connelly
- Priest
- (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Carrie Daumery
- Dowager
- (uncredited)
Nicholai Konovaloff
- Cavalryman
- (uncredited)
Margaret Lee
- Blonde Flirt
- (uncredited)
George Nardelli
- Ceremony Guest
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Sebastian
- Spectator Extra at Races
- (uncredited)
Jacques Tourneur
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on the Lev Tolstoy novel "Anna Karenina", the original movie title was planned to be "Heat"; it was changed so that advertisements could read "Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in LOVE".
- GoofsAt the Easter party, the blond wig on the lady to whom Count Vronski is talking is not secured very well. Her black hair can be seen at the bottom of it.
This likely was intentional, as people who wear wigs often are only fooling themselves.
- Quotes
Opening Title Card: - IMPERIAL RUSSIA - The St. Petersburg road from Gatchina - a road often traveled by the gay young officers of the Czar...
- Alternate versionsIn 1994, the Turner Entertainment Company copyrighted a version in which both of the celebrated endings are shown.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood (1980)
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Garbo and Gilbert
Back in the day this silent version of Anna Karenina was all the rage because in that year that talkies made their debut, the film was part of the famous Greta Garbo/John Gilbert group that was passionately daring for its time. That scene where Gilbert after helping a lady in distress in the snowy Russian winter, when they get to shelter and she takes off the hoodie on her parka and Gilbert does a triple take at Garbo's beauty is still one of the best love at first sight scenes in the history of cinema.
The passionate sparks from Garbo and Gilbert still thrill many. But ninety years after Tolstoy's novel got the full MGM tratment we can get real critical over the happy ending the film got. There was a more realistic ending apparently filmed for foreign markets. But I can only critique what I see.
Still for me the best version of Anna Karenina was the one Vivien Leigh did in 1948 which was closest to Tolstoy's work. The sound remake that Garbo did with Fredric March as Count Vronsky is better than this one. The ending there is tragic, but there is a postscript softening of Vronsky's character.
Fans of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert should still like this. But Tolstoy purists will be disappointed.
The passionate sparks from Garbo and Gilbert still thrill many. But ninety years after Tolstoy's novel got the full MGM tratment we can get real critical over the happy ending the film got. There was a more realistic ending apparently filmed for foreign markets. But I can only critique what I see.
Still for me the best version of Anna Karenina was the one Vivien Leigh did in 1948 which was closest to Tolstoy's work. The sound remake that Garbo did with Fredric March as Count Vronsky is better than this one. The ending there is tragic, but there is a postscript softening of Vronsky's character.
Fans of Greta Garbo and John Gilbert should still like this. But Tolstoy purists will be disappointed.
- bkoganbing
- Oct 1, 2017
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- Anna Karenina
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- $488,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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