The read
Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation. A Bolshoi Ballet adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel with choreography by Maya Plisetskaya, who also took on the titular role.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Margarita PilikhinaDirector
- Boris Lvov-AnokhinScreenplay
- Rodion ShchedrinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maya PlisetskayaAnna Karenina
- Alexander GodunovVronsky
- Vladimir TikhonovKarenin
- Yuri VladimirovStation Master
- Nina SorokinaKitty
- Marianne SedovaBetsy
- Aleksandr SedovSeryozha Karenin
- Bolshoi Theatre OrchestraCast
- Aleksandr LavrenyukCast
Stills
Themes
balletrussian literatureleo tolstoy