Anna Karenina (1961 film) explained

Anna Karenina is a 1961 British TV adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina.^[1]

It aired on American television in 1964.^[2]

The production was thought lost but a copy was found in 2010.^[3]

Cast

• Claire Bloom as Anna Karenina
• Sean Connery as Count Alexis Vronsky
• Jack Watling as Stiva, Prince Oblonsky
• Valerie Taylor as Countess Vronsky
• Daphne Anderson as Dolly
• June Thorburn as Kitty
• Albert Lieven as Alexis Karenin
• Frank Williams as Korsunsky

External links

• Anna Karenina at BFI
• Anna Karenina at IMDb

Notes and References

1. BBC's 'Anna Karenina'The Christian Science Monitor 3 Feb 1966: 6.
2. Claire Bloom and Connery Are the Lovers in 'Anna Karenina'Gardner, Paul. New York Times 23 Apr 1964: 79
3. News: Lost BBC period drama of Anna Karenina found starring Sean Connery . Telegraph. 17 August 2010.