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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)
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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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More an abridgment than an adaptation
As I have stated before and often in my reviews, I don't care whether or not a film adaptation is faithful to its source material; my only requirement is that it be good and stand on its own two feet. Love (1927) mostly does this; I haven't read Anna Karenina, though I am familiar with the basic outline of the plot. Love hits the high points of the story, though it does make the relationship between Anna and Vronsky more a case of two soul mates finding one another than what those two characters are in the novel.
Garbo is luminescent as Anna. She was not only gorgeous, but she could communicate such depth and soul despite being featured in so many standard melodramas. Gilbert does good and is ardent as the romantic lead, but Garbo steals the show. As is usual with most 1920s MGM melodramas, the production is lavish and pretty. My biggest issue is that the story is incredibly rushed; everything moves so quickly and it feels like scenes were even lost or snipped. Nothing develops gradually. Aside from that problem, Love is a nice romantic drama, though if you want your Garbo-Gilbert fix, you're better off with Flesh and the Devil or A Woman of Affairs.
Garbo is luminescent as Anna. She was not only gorgeous, but she could communicate such depth and soul despite being featured in so many standard melodramas. Gilbert does good and is ardent as the romantic lead, but Garbo steals the show. As is usual with most 1920s MGM melodramas, the production is lavish and pretty. My biggest issue is that the story is incredibly rushed; everything moves so quickly and it feels like scenes were even lost or snipped. Nothing develops gradually. Aside from that problem, Love is a nice romantic drama, though if you want your Garbo-Gilbert fix, you're better off with Flesh and the Devil or A Woman of Affairs.
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- May 22, 2017
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- Anna Karenina
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- $488,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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