Anna Karenina (1911 film)

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) was a 1911[2] Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.[3][4]

Anna Karenina
Russian: Анна Каренина
Directed byMaurice Maître
Written byLeo Tolstoy
Based onAnna Karenina
1878 novel
by Leo Tolstoy
Starring
  • Maria Sorochtina
  • M. Trojanov
  • Nikolai Vasilyev
CinematographyJoseph-Louis Mundwiller
Production
company
Bratja Pate
Release date
  • February 10, 1911 (1911-02-10)
Denmark
Running time
15 min.[1]
CountryRussian Empire
LanguageSilent

Plot

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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.

Cast

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  • M. Sorochtina as Anna Karenina
  • M. Trojanov as Karenin
  • Nikolai Vasilyev as Vronsky
  • Mamonova
  • A. Veskov[5]
  • Nikolai Vekov

Critical response

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Nikolai Lebedev [in Russian]. "Немое кино". Очерк истории кино СССР.
  2. ^ Карен Шахназаров рассказал, на чьи деньги снял «Анну Каренину»
  3. ^ В Парке Горького расскажут о лучших киноэкранизациях
  4. ^ «Анну Каренину» переснимут в 31-й раз. С Кирой Найтли и Джудом Лоу
  5. ^ Anna Karenina (1911) Full Cast // Crew
  6. ^ Лев Аннинский. Лев Толстой и кинематограф. Москва: Искусство. p. 71.
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