| Anna Karenina | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Based on | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| Written by | Allan Cubitt |
| Directed by | David Blair |
| Starring | |
| Composer | John E. Keane |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Matthew Bird |
| Production companies | |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 9 May – 30 May 2000 |
Anna Karenina is a four-part British television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name.
It was directed by David Blair and aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 from 9 to 30 May 2000 and in America on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in 2001.
Anna is travelling by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow to visit her brother, Stiva. Stiva is married to Dolly; however, he has been having an affair with the governess of his children and needs Anna's help to repair his marriage.
Anna too is married, to Karenin, an important official, with an 8-year-old son. At the end of the journey she meets Count Vronsky, the son of her travelling companion on the train, and in due course she and Vronsky begin an affair.
In the meantime, Stiva's friend Constantine Levin courts Dolly's younger sister Kitty. Levin and Kitty are both unmarried. But Kitty is initially attracted to Vronksy and rejects Levin's first proposal; he leaves Moscow and returns to his farm in the countryside.
Nikolai, Constantine Levin's brother, cohabits with a former prostitute named Masha and is constantly in debt.
It received a positive review from Mark Law in The Guardian. [1]
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