| Anna Karenina | |
| Native Name: | Russian: Анна Каренина |
| Director: | Maurice Maître |
| Cinematography: | Joseph-Louis Mundwiller |
| Released: | Denmark |
| Runtime: | 15 min.[1] |
| Country: | Russian Empire |
| Language: | Silent |
| Studio: | Bratja Pate |
Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) was a 1911[2] Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.[3] [4]
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.
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]