Anna Karenina (BBC, 1961, Claire Bloom, Sean Connery) (plus Claire Bloom interview) (540p, soft English subtitles)
Anna, the wife of government minister Alexis Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a family quarrel. There, Count Alexis Vronsky falls in love with her. Television adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's novel by Marcelle Maurette.
Plus:
Claire Bloom Remembers… Anna Karenina (1080p, soft English subtitles)
Claire Bloom introduces a rare screening of the BBC’s 1961 adaptation of Anna Karenina, in which she delivers one of her own personal favourite performances, playing Tolstoy’s tragic heroine. Claire recalls the challenges involved in bringing 'the world’s greatest novel' to the small screen, assesses how successfully the drama captured Anna’s tale and shares her memories of acting opposite a relatively unknown co-star called Sean Connery, who was cast as Anna’s charismatic lover, Vronsky, not long before James Bond turned him into an international superstar
Role Contributor
Anna Karenina Claire Bloom
Count Alexis Vronsky Sean Connery
Stiva, Prince Oblonsky Jack Watling
Countess Vronsky Valerie Taylor
Dolly Daphne Anderson
Kitty June Thorburn
Korsunsky Frank Williams
Alexis Karenin Albert Lieven
Director Rudolph Cartier
Adaptor Donald Bull
Writer Marcelle Maurette
Author Leo Tolstoy
First broadcast: November 3, 1961
Duration: 108 minutes
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