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Anna Karenina (2000 TV series)

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Anna Karenina
GenrePeriod drama
Based onAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Written byAllan Cubitt
Directed byDavid Blair
StarringHelen McCrory
Kevin McKidd
Stephen Dillane
Mark Strong
Amanda Root
Douglas Henshall
Paloma Baeza
Abigail Cruttenden
Paul Rhys
Gillian Barge
Malcolm Sinclair
Victoria Carling
ComposerJohn E. Keane
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersGeorge Faber
Allan Cubitt
Rebecca Eaton
Charles Pattinson
Suzan Harrison
ProducerMatthew Bird
Production companiesCompany Pictures
WGBH Boston
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release9 May (2000-05-09) –
30 May 2000 (2000-05-30)

Anna Karenina is a four-part British television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.

It was directed by David Blair and aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 9 to 30 May 2000 and in America on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in 2001.

Plot

Anna is traveling by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow to visit her brother Stiva. Stiva is married to Dolly. However, Stiva has been having a sexual affair with his governess.

Anna is a married woman with an 8-year-old son who has an extra-marital affair with Count Vronsky. Constantine Levin courts a young woman named Kitty. Levin and Kitty are both unmarried.

Nikolai, Constantine Levin's brother, cohabits with a former prostitute named Masha.

Cast

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