Anna Karenina | |
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Genre | Drama Romance |
Based on | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
Written by | James Goldman |
Directed by | Simon Langton |
Starring | Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Reeve Paul Scofield Ian Ogilvy |
Music by | Patrick Gowers |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Doreen Bergesen |
Producer | Simon Langton |
Production location | Hungary |
Cinematography | Kelvin Pike |
Editor | Barry Peters |
Running time | 150 minutes |
Production companies | Colgems Productions Rastar Productions |
Budget | $5 million [1] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | March 26, 1985 |
Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy 1877 novel Anna Karenina starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985.
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Winifred Jacqueline Fraser BissetLdH is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. In the 1970s, she starred in Airport (1970), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Day for Night (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Le Magnifique (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), St. Ives (1976), The Deep (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978) and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination as Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
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