Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story Explained

Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story
Director:	Karen Shakhnazarov
Cinematography:	Aleksandr Kuznetsov
Editing:	Irina Kozhemyakina
Music:	Yuri Poteyenko
Distributor:	Central Partnership
Country:	Russia
Language:	Russian

Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story (ru|Анна Каренина. История Вронского|Anna Karenina. Istoriya Vronskogo) is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.^{[1] [2]} An expanded eight-part version titled Anna Karenina aired on the Russia-1 television channel.^[3]

It is a free adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name which also combines the publicistic story "During the Japanese War" and the literary cycle "Stories about the Japanese War" by Vikenty Veresaev.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Cast

• Elizaveta Boyarskaya as Anna Karenina^[7]
• Maksim Matveyev as Vronsky
• Kirill Grebenshchikov as Sergey Karenin
• Vitali Kishchenko as Karenin
• Vladimir Ilyin as General
• Dmitry Miller as Aleksandr, Vronsky's brother
• Tatyana Lyutaeva as Countess Vronskaya
• Viktoriya Isakova as Dolly
• Evdokiya Germanova as Countess Kartasova
• Ivan Kolesnikov as Stepan Arkadievich Oblonsky

Reception

The majority of viewers reacted negatively to the film.^[8] Anna Karenina:Vronsky's Story has an approval rating of 20% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 4/10^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mosfilm's Karen Shakhnazarov: 'Russian Cinema Is Very Different From Soviet Cinema' . Variety . Martin . Dale . 9 December 2016 . 23 August 2017.
2. Web site: Russian film director says Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story will contend for Oscar . TASS . 23 August 2017 . 23 August 2017.
3. Web site: Анна Каренина. Russia-1. 18 September 2017. 21 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121182153/https://russia.tv/brand/show/brand_id/60293/. dead.
4. https://rg.ru/2017/04/16/karen-shahnazarov-snial-ocherednuiu-ekranizaciiu-anny-kareninoj.html «Всё смешалось в доме Карениных». — На «России 1» стартует новый сериал Карена Шахназарова по роману Льва Толстого.
5. Олег Пакшин. ВИДЕО. Громкая премьера: «Анна Каренина» от Карена Шахназарова. Сюжет программы «Vesti» на телеканале «Россия-1», выпуск от 17 апреля 2017 года. // vesti.ru
6. https://ria.ru/culture/20170417/1492364715.html Премьера телесериала «Анна Каренина» Шахназарова состоится в понедельник.
7. https://veraprok.livejournal.com/1018648.html Провал кинофильма «Анна Каренина»" в прокате — как неизбежная закономерность.
8. Web site: "Анна Каренина" Шахназарова: все за и против Сериал по мотивам романа Льва Толстого — без Левина, но зато с Русско-японской войной . Meduza . 11 October 2022 . ru.
9. Web site: Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story | Rotten Tomatoes . .