| Anna Karenina | |
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| Russian: Анна Каренина | |
| Directed by | Maurice Maître |
| Written by | Leo Tolstoy |
| Based on | Anna Karenina 1878 novel by Leo Tolstoy |
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| Cinematography | Joseph-Louis Mundwiller |
Production company | Bratja Pate |
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Running time | 15 min.[1] |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Silent |
Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) was a 1911[2] Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.[3][4]
The film was based on the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
Countess Anna Karenina vacillates between her lover, Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love for Vronsky causes her great pain and social pressure. Vronsky wants Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky soon goes off to war, rendering her helpless. Anna feels lonely, begins to lose her mind, and eventually throws herself in front of a train.
Lev Anninsky: The typically French direction of Maitre and the performance of Vasilyev, who persistently imitated French actors, must have greatly narrowed the psychological range of this picture. It didn't turn out to be a masterpiece.[6]
