Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story

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Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story

2017

1h 38m

Drama

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During Russian-Japanese War, the head of the hospital, Sergey Karenin, learns that the wounded officer, Count Vronsky, is the person who harmed his mother Anna Karenina.

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Fernando Bernal

Cinemanía (Spain)

The fascination that Anna Karenina has awakened among readers for more than a century... does not emerge at any time. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 1/5

Jul 2, 2020

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

Alas, the film, while impeccably designed, lacked the romantic magic of Tolstoy's novel.

Feb 28, 2019

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Laura Pacheco Mora

EscribiendoCine

Anna Karenina: Istoriya Vronskogo is a classic and ancient story, although very current if we talk about infidelity, machismo and hypocrisy. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Dec 3, 2018

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Deborah Cornelious

The Hindu

Shakhnazarov's adaptation barely manages to capture an iota of the story's nuance. Instead, his film - though visually stunning with great costume and set design - ends up simulated and exaggerated.

Dec 9, 2017

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Lasyapriya Sundaram

The Times of India

The film is tediously long and slow as well. If costume dramas of yore are your thing then you might want to catch the film at a theatre near you. But, if you are looking for an engaging adaptation of the book, then skip this one.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 9, 2017

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Rashid Irani

Hindustan Times

None of the characters makes an impression; there's no on-screen chemistry even between the lovers. You can safely give this one a miss.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 9, 2017

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Very well done. I had just finished the book and then found there were so many film adaptations I didn't know where to start. I saw the 2012 version starring Keira Knightley and really did not care for it. Although she is stunning in it. This one attracted me because it was in Russian and made by Russians. It had way more heart and more time to tell the story. I liked how it was told by Vronsky and as he says you remember what you choose to remember. Based on that assumption I accepted the fact that they would not include the parallel story of Kitty and Levin. Also, the book had a lot of deep Russian thoughts and arguments among intellectuals, which I loved reading, but admittedly would have probably hated to view on the screen. I thought the acting was superb; the costumes and scenery and horses were top notch. Maybe with its modern retelling feminist themes seemed more apparent than in the book. When she's home alone and is obviously at a loss of what to do with herself, a modern viewer wants to yell go join a group or see a therapist. Jeez, lady. I don't think Mr Tolstoy would have had that in mind. She was so intelligent that she had negative criticism of the hospital plans with a algebraic formula. This wasn't in the book, but I think it showed how smart she was and how really her life was being wasted as a stay at home mistress. In modern Russia she would have been a physicist or engineer; but in her society and times she could only rage against the machine by having an illicit affair becoming so unhappy at the consequences. The end of course is very sad. We know she died by throwing herself against the most popular machine of her times: the train, however, in the series that is not shown (thank god) and Vronsky muses that she may still be alive and she definitely is still alive in his mind and that of all who knew her. And she is alive in the many movies based on her story.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Karen Shakhnazarov

Director

Elizaveta Boyarskaya

Anna Karenina

Kirill Grebenshchikov

Sergey Karenin

Vitaliy Kishchenko

Karenin

Maksim Matveyev

Aleksey Vronsky

Tatyana Lyutaeva

Grafinya Vronskaya

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Synopsis

During Russian-Japanese War, the head of the hospital, Sergey Karenin, learns that the wounded officer, Count Vronsky, is the person who harmed his mother Anna Karenina.

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Producer: Anton Zlatopolskiy
Screenwriter: Karen Shakhnazarov
Production Co: Mosfilm
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Russian
Runtime: 1h 38m

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