In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Mariya Germanova
Anna Karenina
Vladimir Shaternikov
Karenin
Mikhail Tamarov
Vronsky
Vladimir Obolenskiy
Levin
Zoya Barantsevich
Kittie
Vladimir Kvanin
Stiva Oblonsky
Moreva
Dolly
Vera Kholodnaya
Italian wet-nurse (uncredited)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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