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Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'', the 1877 novel by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

Theatre

* 1992: Helen Edmundson's adaptation was produced by

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for a touring production. Edmundson won a ''Time Out'' Award for Outstanding Theatrical Event of 1992, and a TMA Award.

Film

* 1911: ''Anna Karenina'' (1911 film), a French/Russian adaptation directed by Maurice André Maître. * 1914: ''Anna Karenina'' (1914 film), a Russian adaptation directed by Vladimir Gardin. * 1915: ''Anna Karenina'' (1915 film), an American version starring Danish actress

Betty Nansen Betty Nansen (née Betty Anna Maria Müller) (19 March 1873 – 15 March 1943) was a Danish actress and theatre director of the theater that carries her name, the Betty Nansen Theatre. Biography She was born on 19 March 1873. She had her debut ...

. * 1917: "Daughter of Anna Karenina" (Дочь Анны Карениной), by screenwriter, director Alexander Arkatov. * 1918: ''Anna Karenina'' (1918 film), a Hungarian adaptation directed by Márton Garas. * 1920: ''

'' (1920 film), a German silent

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directed by

Frederic Zelnik Frederic Zelnik (born Friedrich Zelnik, 17 May 1885 – 29 November 1950) was an Austrian producer, director, and actor. He was one of the most important producers-directors of the German silent cinema. Zelnik achieved success through period oper ...

and starring

Lya Mara Lya Mara (born Aleksandra Gudowicz; 1 August 1897 – 1 March 1960) was a Polish actress. She was one of the biggest stars of the German silent cinema. Biography Lya Mara was born Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polish family in Riga, Governorate ...

Johannes Riemann Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.Ernst Klee (2007) ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945''. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Ver ...

, and Heinrich Peer. * 1927: ''Love'' (1927 film), an American version, starring

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic ch ...

and directed by

Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film '' Three Live Ghosts'' alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwi ...

. This version featured significant changes from the novel and had two different endings, with a happy one for American audiences. * 1935: ''Anna Karenina'' (1935 film), one of the most famous and critically acclaimed version, starring

and

Fredric March Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s.Obituary '' Variety'', April 16, 1975, ...

and directed by

Clarence Brown Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. Early life Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when he ...

. * 1948: ''Anna Karenina'' (1948 film) starring Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson and directed by Julien Duvivier. * 1953: ''Anna Karenina'' (1953 film), a Russian version directed by Tatyana Lukashevich. * 1954: '' Panakkaari'', a

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adaptation directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan * 1960: '' Nahr al-Hob'' (''River of Love''), an Egyptian movie directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar * 1967: ''Anna Karenina'' (1967 film), a Russian version directed by Alexander Zarkhi with music by Rodion Shchedrin. * 1976: ''Anna Karenina'', a Russian ballet version directed by Margarita Pilikhina. * 1985: ''Anna Karenina'' (1985 film), a U.S. TV movie starring

Jacqueline Bisset Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset ( ; born 13 September 1944) is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and first came to prominence in 1968 with roles in '' The Detective'', ''Bullitt'', and ''The Sweet Ride'', for which she rec ...

and

Christopher Reeve Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, best known for playing the title character in the film '' Superman'' (1978) and three sequels. Born in New York City and raised in Princeton, New Jersey ...

, directed by Simon Langton. * 1997: ''Anna Karenina'' (1997 film), the first American version to be filmed entirely on locations in Russia, directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau and

Sean Bean Sean Bean (born Shaun Mark Bean on 17 April 1959) is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a theatre production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1983. Retaining his Yorkshire ac ...

. **see also ''Anna Karenina'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack of the 1997 film * 2012: ''Anna Karenina'' (2012 film), one of the most popular British versions directed by

Joe Wright Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director residing in Somerset, England. His motion pictures include the literary adaptations ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), and '' Cyrano'' ( ...

, starring

Keira Knightley Keira Christina Righton (; née Knightley, born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations for ...

Television

* 1961: ''Anna Karenina'', a BBC Television adaptation directed by

Rudolph Cartier Rudolph Cartier (born Rudolph Kacser, renamed himself in Germany to Rudolph Katscher; 17 April 1904 – 7 June 1994) was an Austrian television director, filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who worked predominantly in British television, exc ...

, starring

Claire Bloom Patricia Claire Bloom (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as ''A Streetcar Named Desire,'' ''A Doll's House'', and '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', and has starred in nearly sixty film ...

and Sean Connery. * 1977: ''Anna Karenina'', a ten-episode

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series, directed by Basil Coleman and starred Nicola Pagett,

Eric Porter Eric Richard Porter (8 April 192815 May 1995) was an English actor of stage, film and television. Early life Porter was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to bus conductor Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth (née Spall). His parents ho ...

and Stuart Wilson. * 2000: ''Anna Karenina'', a four-part British

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TV adaptation directed by David Blair and starring

Helen McCrory Helen Elizabeth McCrory (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her stage debut in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' in 1990. Other stage roles include playing Lady Mac ...

. Aired in America on

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in 2001. * 2013: ''Anna KareNina'', a Filipino drama series directed by

Gina Alajar Regina Liguid Alatiit (born June 28, 1959), professionally known as Gina Alajar (), is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning Filipino film and television actress and television director. Career Since appearing as a child actress in the ea ...

* 2013: ''Anna Karenina'', an Italian version for the

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network, directed by Christian Duguay and starring Vittoria Puccini * 2015: '' The Beautiful Lie'', an Australian mini-series aired on the ABC. *Upcoming

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miniseries is set in 21st century in Russia with Svetlana Khodchenkova in lead role

Ballet

* 1972: ''Anna Karenina'', a ballet with original music by Rodion Shchedrin, choreographed by

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...

(solo scenes) together with Natalya Ryzhenko and Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov (mass scenes). The music draws upon the composer's own score for the 1967 film and uses a fragment from Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi. * 2005: ''Anna Karenina'', a Russian

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

choreographed by

Boris Eifman Boris Eifman (Борис Яковлевич Эйфман) (born 22 July 1946, in Rubtsovsk) is a Russian choreographer and artistic director. He has done more than fifty ballet productions. Eifman was born in Siberia, where his engineer father h ...

, with music by

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

. * 2018: ''Anna Karenina'', a ballet by

John Neumeier John Neumeier (born February 24, 1939) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Five years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also in ...

inspired by Leo Tolstoy; music by Tchaikovsky,

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

and Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam * 2019: ''Anna Karenina'', choreography by

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, music by Ilya Demutsky

Musical theatre

* 1992: ''

'', an ill-fated Broadway musical adaptation. * 1994: ''Anna Karenina'', musical by Hungarian authors Tibor Kocsák (music) and Tibor Miklós (book and lyrics) *2016: ''Anna Karenina'', an original Russian-language musical produced by the Moscow Operetta Theatre (live-recording filmed in 2018).

Opera

* 1914: ''Karenina Anna'' by Hungarian composer

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, premièred in 1923, to a libretto by Sándor Góth and Andor Gábor based on

Edmond Guiraud Edmond Guiraud (22 March 1879 – 18 April 1961) was a 20th-century Theatre of France, French playwright, librettist, and actor from the Cévennes region in southern France. Biographie Edmond Guiraud lived many years in Roquedur in the Gard dep ...

's play drawn from Tolstoy's novel. * 1970: ''Anna Karenina'' by Ukrainian composer Yuly Sergeyevich Meytus. * 1978: ''

'' by Scottish composer Iain Hamilton on his own libretto, premièred by ENO at the

London Coliseum The London Coliseum (also known as the Coliseum Theatre) is a theatre in St Martin's Lane, Westminster, built as one of London's largest and most luxurious "family" variety theatres. Opened on 24 December 1904 as the London Coliseum Theatre ...

in 1981. * 2007: ''

'', an American opera with music by David Carlson on a libretto by

Colin Graham Colin Graham OBE (22 September 1931 in Hove, England – 6 April 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a stage director of opera, theatre, and television. Graham was educated at Northaw School (Hertfordshire), Stowe School and RADA. Early in his ...

which premiered in 2007 at Florida Grand Opera. Second version with an added scene on text by Mark Streshinsky was premièred in 2010 by Opera San Jose.

Literature

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Android Karenina ''Android Karenina'' is a 2010 parody novel written by Ben H. Winters based on the 1877 novel ''Anna Karenina'' by Leo Tolstoy. The novel is a mashup, adding steampunk elements to the Russian 19th-century environment of ''Anna Karenina,'' a book ...

'', a mashup novel by Ben H. Winters.

References

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