Anna Karenina (1967)
Anna Karenina (1967)
DVDRip | MKV | 708x404 | x264 @ 2500 Kbps | 136 min | 2,82 Gb
Audio: Русский AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Español, Deutsch, Português
Genre: Drama, Romance
DVDRip | MKV | 708x404 | x264 @ 2500 Kbps | 136 min | 2,82 Gb
Audio: Русский AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, Español, Deutsch, Português
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: Aleksandr Zarkhi
Writers: Vasily Katanyan (as V. Katanyan), Leo Tolstoy (novel) (as Lev Tolstoy)
Stars: Tatyana Samoylova, Nikolai Gritsenko, Vasiliy Lanovoy
The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. "All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," goes the novel's opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her… Starring in the title role was the famous Russian actress Tatyana Samojlova.
Visually this movie is a black sheep among the other Soviet movies: it's shot absolutely astoundingly for a Soviet movie! Lighting and scenery are astonishingly crafted, wide-angle objectives, cranes and dollies are artfully used throughout the film making it look, despite of the poorly emulsified film (though not that bad for those times), like a highest-budget Hollywood movie. Photography direction and editing are also up to the highest notch! Direction and acting are great, no reason to praise anyone higher than the others (though my favourite is Nikolai Gritsenko as Alexander Alexandrovich Karenin). Truly a piece of a pure cinema art, absolutely creative, original and rich. Watch with pleasure.
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Anna Karenina (1967)
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