Adaptations of Anna Karenina

Adaptations of "Anna Karenina", the novel by Leo Tolstoy.

Film

*1914: "Anna Karenina (1914 film)", a Russian adaptation directed by Vladimir Gardin.
*1915: "Anna Karenina (1915 film)", an American version starring Danish actress Betty Nansen.
*1927: "Love (1927 film)", an American version, starring Greta Garbo and directed by Edmund Goulding. This version featured significant changes from the novel and had two different endings, with a happy one for American audiences.
*1935: "Anna Karenina (1935 film)", the most famous and critically acclaimed version, starring Greta Garbo and Fredric March and directed by Clarence Brown.
*1948: "Anna Karenina (1948 film)" starring Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson and directed by Julien Duvivier.
*1953: "Anna Karenina (1953 film)", a Russian version directed by Tatyana Lukashevich.
*1967: "Anna Karenina (1967 film)", a Russian version directed by Alexander Zarkhi.
*1985: "Anna Karenina (1985 film)", a TV Movie starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve, directed by Simon Langton.
*1997: "Anna Karenina (1997 film)", the first US version to be filmed on location in Russia, directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean.
*2005: "Anna Karenina (2005 film)", a Russian mini-series by Sergei Solovyov .

Radio

*1944: A radio adaptation on The Screen Guild Theater starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. Ingrid Bergman also did a Theater Guild on the Air adaptation in 1948.
*1997: A 4 part BBC radio production starring Toby Stephens

Television

*1961: "Anna Karenina (TV programme)", a BBC Television adaptation directed by Rudolph Cartier, starring Sean Connery and Claire Bloom.cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1181098/index.html|title=Cartier, Rudolph (1904–1994)|first=Oliver|last=Wake|publisher=Screenonline|accessdate=2007-02-25]
*1977: "Anna Karenina (1977 TV serial)", a 10 part British TV miniseries directed by Basil Coleman.
*2000: "Anna Karenina (2000 TV serial)", a 4 part British TV adaptation directed by David Blair.

Ballet

*1971: "Anna Karenina (ballet)", a ballet by Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin.
*2005: "Anna Karenina (2005 ballet)", a Russian ballet in 2 acts choreographed by Boris Eifman.

Musical theatre

*1992: "Anna Karenina (musical)", an ill-fated Broadway musical adaptation.

Opera

*2007: "Anna Karenina (2007 opera)", an American opera with music by David Carlson from a libretto by Colin Graham which premiered in April 2007 at Florida Grand Opera starring Kelly Kaduce as Anna.

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