MASTERPIECE THEATRE: ANNA KARENINA (2001)

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• Release Year: 2001
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' This famous line commences a refreshingly modern interpretation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina - and epic tale of love, duty, marriage and infidelity.; ; This richly detailed film charts the tragic romantic triangle formed when the dashing Count Vronsky defies social conventions and falls into forbidden love with Anna, the ignored wife of an aristocrat. Soon, Anna's children - a son by Karenin and illegitimate daughter by Vronsky - become pawns in Karenin's game to see that Anna pays a terrible price for her indiscretion.; ; With its gripping narrative and unbridled romance, Anna Karenina reveals the uncontrollable passion, emotional betrayal and courage of a woman who violates moral strictures and risks everything to follow her heart.; ; Helen McCrory stars as Anna, along with Kevin McKidd (Trainspotting) as Count Vronsky, the handsome object of her desires; and Tony Award-winner Stephen Dillane (The Real Thing) as Alexei Karenin, Anna's callously husband.
• Cast: Helen McCrory, Kevin McKidd, Douglas Henshall, Mark Strong, Amanda Root, Paul Rhys, Paloma Baeza, Abigail Cruttenden, Sara Kestelman, Stephen Dillane, David Allister, Tamara Arciuch, Maddie Armstrong, Gillian Barge, Gennaro Canfora, Victoria Carling, Dorota Chotecka, Michael Cronin, Giulio Cupello, David Dixon, John Edmondson, Anna Farnworth, Deborah Findlay, Richard Harradine, Caroline Holdaway, Jacek Jezierzanski, Jackson Leach, Nicholas Lumley, Emma Majewska, Gabbi Majewska, Oliver Mangham, Mary McLeod, Wenanty Nosul, Piotr Nowak, Waldemar Obloza, Andrzej Okrza-Lapicki, Zuzanna Paluch, Rachel Power, David Quilter, Zofia Saretok, William Scott-Masson, Cyril Shaps, Marlene Sidaway, Malcolm Sinclair, Aleksander Skowronski, Andrzej Szenajch, Andrzej Szopa, Kazimiera Utrata, Tom Ward, Dorota Landowska, David Blair
• Director: David Blair
• Runtime: 4:00
• Company: WGBH Boston
• Media Format: Movie