Anna Karenina (1920 film)

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Anna Karenina
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Directed by Frederic Zelnik
Written by Fanny Carlsen
Based on Anna Karenina
1878 novel
by Leo Tolstoy
Starring
Cinematography Willy Goldberger
Production
company
Zelnik-Mara-Film
Release date
  • 1920 (1920)
CountryGermany
Languages

Anna Karenina is a 1920 German silent historical film, directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Lya Mara, Johannes Riemann, and Heinrich Peer. [1] It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina . It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin.

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  1. "Way Down East" (1920): Directed by D.W. Griffith, this silent film tells the story of a country girl who gets seduced by a wealthy man and is left to deal with the consequences.
  2. "The Scarlet Letter" (1926): Another adaptation of a classic novel, this silent film stars Lillian Gish and tells the story of Hester Prynne, a woman shunned after bearing a child out of wedlock.
  3. "The Sheik" (1921): A romantic drama where a young woman is kidnapped and then falls in love with her captor, the Sheik. Rudolph Valentino's iconic role made him a legendary silent film heartthrob.
  4. "Broken Blossoms" (1919): Directed by D.W. Griffith, it's a tragic love story between a Chinese man and a British woman in London.
  5. "Flesh and the Devil" (1926): A romantic drama starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, it's about childhood friends turned lovers whose relationship is tested by seduction and societal expectations.
  6. "Camille" (1921): Starring Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino, this silent film adaptation of the novel and play "La Dame aux Camélias" revolves around a doomed romance.

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