| Genre: | Drama Romance |
| Director: | Simon Langton |
| Starring: | Jacqueline Bisset Christopher Reeve Paul Scofield Ian Ogilvy |
| Music: | Patrick Gowers |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Executive Producer: | Doreen Bergesen |
| Producer: | Simon Langton |
| Location: | Hungary |
| Editor: | Barry Peters |
| Cinematography: | Kelvin Pike |
| Runtime: | 150 minutes |
| Company: | Colgems Productions Rastar Productions |
| Network: | CBS |
| Budget: | $5 million[1] |
Anna Karenina is a 1985 American made-for-television romantic drama film based on the famous Leo Tolstoy 1877 novel Anna Karenina starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve and directed by Simon Langton. The film was broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1985.
Anna Karenina (Russian: «Анна Каренина»; pronounced as /ru/)[2] leaves her cold husband for the dashing Count Vronsky in 19th-century Russia. An unfortunate series of events leaves her hopelessly depressed.
In his autobiography Still Me, actor Christopher Reeve claimed that while making this movie he learned how to ride a horse, then fell in love with them, which eventually led to his tragic riding accident 10 years later in 1995 when he fell from a horse and became paralyzed.
. Vladimir Nabokov . Lectures on Russian Literature . Harvest . 1980 . New York . 137 (note) . 0-15-649591-0 .