Anna Karenina (2000 miniseries)
Anna Karenina is a four-part British television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name.
| Anna Karenina | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Period drama |
| Based on | Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| Written by | Allan Cubitt |
| Directed by | David Blair |
| Starring | Helen McCrory Kevin McKidd Stephen Dillane Mark Strong Amanda Root Douglas Henshall Paloma Baeza Abigail Cruttenden Paul Rhys Gillian Barge Malcolm Sinclair Victoria Carling |
| Composer(s) | John E. Keane |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | George Faber Allan Cubitt Rebecca Eaton Charles Pattinson Suzan Harrison |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Bird |
| Production company(s) | Company Pictures WGBH Boston |
| Distributor | All3Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 9 May – 30 May 2000 |
It was directed by David Blair and aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 9 to 30 May 2000 and in America on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in 2001.
Plot
Anna is traveling 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 his governess.
Anna, too, is a married woman, and with an 8-year-old son, who has herself been having an extra-marital affair with Count Vronsky.
Constantine Levin courts a young woman named Kitty. Levin and Kitty are both unmarried.
Nikolai, Constantine Levin's brother, cohabits with a former prostitute named Masha.
Cast
- Helen McCrory as Anna
- Kevin McKidd as Vronsky
- Stephen Dillane as Karenin
- Mark Strong as Stiva
- Amanda Root as Dolly
- Douglas Henshall as Levin (Constantine "Kostya")
- Paloma Baeza as Kitty
- Abigail Cruttenden as Betsy
- Paul Rhys as Nikolai
- Gillian Barge as Princess Shcherbatskya
- Malcolm Sinclair as Prince Shcherbatsky
- Victoria Carling as Annushka
Reception
It received a positive review from Mark Law in The Guardian.[1]
External links
References
- Lawson, Mark (8 May 2000). "The love train". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2019.