Anna Karenina (1935)


Anna Karenina
Release Date30 August 1935
Budget$1,000,000
GenreDrama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCalifornia, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Drama, Melodrama
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesSuicide, Infidelity, Dying Young
TonesTearjerking, Downbeat, Elegant, Lavish, Sentimental
TagsDeath, Divorce, Obsession, Politician, Romance, Self Sacrifice, Star Crossed Lovers, Suicide, Tragic Love

Anna Karenina is a 1935 film directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is the most famous and critically acclaimed film adaptation of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. There are several other film adaptations of the novel.


Cast and Crew


Vronsky

Countess Vronsky

Karenin

Phoebe Foster
Dolly

Yashvin

Gyles Isham
Levin

Lili

Mme. Kartasoff

Governess

Princess Sorokina

Joseph R. Tozer
Butler

Guy D'Ennery
Tutor

Buster Phelps
Grisha

Sidney Bracey
Vronsky's Valet

Harry Allen
Cord

Ella Ethridge
Anna's Maid

Girl in bar

Mahotin

Woman

André Cheron
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Davison Clark
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Claudia Coleman
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Countess Lidia

Officer at Banquet

Gino Corrado
Waiter

Carrie Daumery
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Carlos De Valdez
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Sarah Edwards
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Sam Flint
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Barbara

Alexander Granach
Drinking soldier at beginning

Colonel

Keith Hitchcock
Mr. Kartasoff

Butler

Officer at Banquet

Henry Mowbray
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Joseph North
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Best Man

William Orlamond
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Pepi Sinoff
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Leonid Snegoff
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Pat Somerset
Officer

Larry Steers
Officer at Banquet

Dickie Walters
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Colonel

Director

Producer

S.N. Behrman
dialogue adaptation

Clemence Dane
writer

novel

Salka Viertel
writer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Robert Kern

Art Director

Costume Designer

Art Department

Fredric Hope
associate art director

Edwin B. Willis
associate art director

Sound Department

recording director

Camera and Electrical Department

William Grimes
still photographer

Music Department

Wayne Allen
orchestrator

Paul Marquardt
orchestrator

Charles Maxwell
orchestrator

Leonid Raab
orchestrator

Other Crew

Chester Hale
mazurka stager

Andrei Tolstoy
consultant

Margarete Wallmann
ballet stager

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.
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Madacy Entertainment

Warner Home Video

Chapel Distribution

Miscellaneous

Russian Symphony Choir
vocal and choral effects

Western Electric
recording system






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