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Anna Karenina (1997 Film)
''Anna Karenina'' is a 1997 American period drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner and James Fox. Based on the 1878 novel of the same name by Leo Tolstoy, the film is about a young and beautiful married woman who meets a handsome count, with whom she falls in love. Eventually, the conflict between her passionate desires and painful social realities leads to depression and despair. The film is the only international version filmed entirely in Russia, at locations in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Plot Anna Karenina is the young and elegant wife of Alexei Karenin, a wealthy Russian nobleman twenty years her senior. She is unhappy and lives only for their son, Seriozha. During a ball in Moscow, she encounters the handsome Count Alexei Vronsky. Vronsky is instantly smitten and follows her to St. Petersburg, pursuing her shamelessly. Eventually, Anna surrenders to her feelings for him and becomes his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Rose (director)
Bernard Rose (born 1960 in London) is an English filmmaker, considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking. He is best known for directing the horror films '' Paperhouse'' (1988) and '' Candyman'' (1992)'','' the historical romances ''Immortal Beloved'' (1994) and ''Anna Karenina'' (1997), and the independent drama ''Ivans xtc'' (2000), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and the John Cassavetes Award. He has also been nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques and the Venice Horizons Prize. He has frequently cast actors Danny Huston and Tony Todd in his films. In the 1980s, he directed music videos for UB40, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Bronski Beat. Life and career Rose was born in London, the son of a father who was born Jewish and a mother who had converted to Judaism. His mother was a granddaughter of the Earl Jellicoe. He began making super 8 films when he was 9. By 1975, he won an amateur film competition hosted by BBC whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Alexandre Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is a French-British character actor, who has appeared in over 300 film, television, and stage productions in a career spanning six decades. Rupert Everett described him as a "patron saint of the acting profession." Early life Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, to Russian parents, and was raised in Sussex, England. He attended Ascham St Vincent's School in Eastbourne, where he won the Acting Cup, and Eastbourne College. Career Dobtcheff made his professional stage debut with the Colchester Repertory Company in 1960. Later that year, he joined the repertory company of The Old Vic, first appearing in Franco Zeffirelli's production of ''Romeo and Juliet''. In 1965, he starred in the debut production of John Osborne's '' A Patriot for Me''. In 1967, he played the Presiding Judge in ''The Man in the Glass Booth'' at the Royal Court Theatre. His debut film role was in '' Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines'' (1965). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petr Shelokhonov
Petr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, (, , , ; in English also spelled 'Peter' or 'Pyotr' or 'Petr'; 15 August 1929 – 15 September 1999) was a Russian actor, director, filmmaker and socialite, designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1979). A strong proponent of making High culture accessible to all people, he organized social events for all people in artistic communities of St. Petersburg and Moscow using his position as member of the Union of Actors.Book "My best friend Petr Shelokhonov" (2009, Russian) by actor Ivan I. Krasko – Saint Petersburg, Russia: SOLO Publishing, 2009. Biography Childhood Petr Shelokhonov was born in 1929, in Wilno Voivodeship, then a part of Poland; Petr Larionovich Shelokhonov (also known as Peter, Pyotr, or Petro Larionovich Schelochonovich in Belarusian, Polish, Yiddish and Ukrainian). His ancestors originated from Ukraine, from Baltic states, and from Poland. His father, Larion (Illarion) Titovich Shelokhonov, practiced veterinary medicine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall (born 11 January 1947) is an English stage, film and television actress. Personal life Calder-Marshall was born in Kensington, London, and is the daughter of novelist and essayist Arthur Calder-Marshall and documentary screenplay-writer and his wife, Ara ( Violet Nancy Sales). Her husband is actor David Burke. Their son, Tom, is also an actor. Filmography She appeared in the ''Inspector Morse'' episode ''The Settling of the Sun'' (1988) and the ''Midsomer Murders'' episode ''Garden of Death'' (2000). In 2005 Calder-Marshall played Maude Abernethie in Poirot's '' After the Funeral''. Other roles include appearing in '' Harlots'' as Mrs. May, and in the 2018 BBC adaptation of ''Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...'' as Mada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Caron Hall
Jennifer Caron Hall (born 21 September 1958; also known as Jenny Wilhide) is an English actress, singer-songwriter, artist and journalist. Since 2019 she has been artistic director of SHAKE Festival, a performing arts company and festival based in Suffolk. Early life Hall was educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Bedales School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she read English. Actress At the National Theatre in London, Hall played Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' directed by Bill Bryden in 1982–1983, starring Paul Scofield and Susan Fleetwood as Oberon and Titania. This was the first ever production of Shakespeare in the Cottesloe Theatre and transferred to the Lyttelton in 1983. While Hall continued to play Helena, Scofield was replaced by Sir Robert Stephens and Brenda Blethyn joined the cast as Hermia In the BBC's 1996 television adaptation of Rumer Godden's ''The Peacock Spring'', Hall played Alix Lamont, a character of half-Indian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schofield (actor)
David Schofield (born 16 December 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Ian Mercer in the films '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' (2006) and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' (2007). Other credits include ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981), ''Gladiator'' (2000), '' From Hell'' (2001), ''Valkyrie'' (2008), '' The Wolfman'' (2010), ''Da Vinci's Demons'' (2013), '' The Last Kingdom'' (2015–2017), '' Darkest Hour'' (2017), ''Mary Magdalene'' (2018), and '' Mad Heidi'' (2022). Early life Schofield was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, England on 16 December 1951, one of ten children in a working-class family. He attended St. John Fisher and Thomas More R.C. Primary School, along with his brother, Peter. His first acting experience was at Manchester Boys' School at the age of 12. In 1967 he was accepted as student assistant stage manager at a local repertory theatre. He worked in every department as a prop-maker, sound-man, writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Ann Law (born 8 May 1932) is a British actress who has appeared in roles on film and television. Early life Law was born in Glasgow, the daughter of Meg "Mego" and William Law, a journalist. Prior to the Second World War, her father was a newspaper journalist with the ''Glasgow Herald'' who "kept odd hours"; when the war broke out, he went into the Royal Air Force and separated from his wife, later divorcing. Law would not see her father again until she was 18. Law's mother Meg worked in a dress shop in Glasgow during the war. The family also included Law's brother, James, her elder by five years, and their maternal grandmother, the wife of a Presbyterian minister, and "a fierce Presbyterian" herself whom Law "did not like as a child but can now admire." She attended Glasgow Girls High up to age seven. The war began in September 1939 and Law and her brother were evacuated to family friends outside Glasgow in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, and attended a local school ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskia Wickham
Saskia Wickham (born 14 January 1967) is a British actress best known for playing Alex Wilton in the drama series ''Boon (TV series), Boon'', and Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV Network, ITV television drama series ''Peak Practice'' between 1996 and 1998. Early and personal life Wickham is the daughter of English actor Jeffry Wickham and Claire Stewart. From an early age, she knew that she wanted to act. Sister of Rupert Wickham, an actor. Wickham is married to the television director Robert Bierman, and has three daughters. Career At the first annual Ian Charleson Awards in 1991, Wickham received a commendation for her 1990 performance as Sonya in ''Uncle Vanya'' at The Old Vic Theatre. She is best known nationally for playing Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV Network, ITV television drama series ''Peak Practice'' between 1996 and 1998. Other major roles include Gunvor, the love interest of the main character, in ''Prince of Jutland'', who is tragically murdered when pregnant, Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Huston
Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American-British actor, director and screenwriter. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for his roles in films such as ''Ivans Xtc'' (2000), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, '' 21 Grams'' (2003), ''Birth'' (2004), '' The Aviator'' (also 2004), '' The Constant Gardener'' (2005), ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), '' Children of Men'' (also 2006), '' The Kingdom'' (2007), '' 30 Days of Night'' (also 2007), ''Robin Hood'' (2010), '' Hitchcock'' (2012), '' The Congress'' (2013), '' Big Eyes'' (2014), ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), '' Game Night'' (2018), '' Stan & Ollie'' (also 2018), and '' Angel Has Fallen'' (2019). Huston portrayed The Axeman on the FX series '' American Horror Story: Coven'' and Massimo Dolcefino on '' American Horror Story: Freak Show''. He played Ben "The Butcher" Diamond on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film and television. In 2020, she was listed at No. 29 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. She was made an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001. She won both the 1990 and 1994 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for roles in the plays ''Electra'', ''As You Like It'', '' The Good Person of Szechwan'' (1990), and '' Machinal'' (1994) and received a further three Olivier Award nominations for her roles in ''Mephisto'' (1986), '' Hedda Gabler'' (1992), and ''Happy Days'' (2008). She made her Broadway debut playing the title role in ''Medea'' (2002) for which she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the Colm Tóibín play '' The Testament of Mary'' (201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Levin
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877, all but the last part appearing in the periodical ''The Russian Messenger.'' By the time he was finishing up the last installments, Tolstoy was in an anguished state of mind and, having come to hate it, finished it unwillingly. The novel deals with themes of betrayal, faith, family, marriage, Imperial Russian society, desire, and the differences between rural and urban life. The story centres on an extramarital affair between Anna and cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalises the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happiness, but after they return to Russia, their lives further unravel. Trains are a motif throughout the nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
