Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story (Russian: Анна Каренина. История Вронского, romanized: Anna Karenina. Istoriya Vronskogo) is a 2017 Russian drama film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov.[1][2][3] An expanded eight-part version titled Anna Karenina aired on the Russia-1 television channel.[4]
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| Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
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| Cinematography | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| Edited by | Irina Kozhemyakina |
| Music by | Yuri Poteyenko |
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| Distributed by | Central Partnership |
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| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
It is a free adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel of the same name which also combines the publicistic story "During the Japanese War" and the literary cycle "Stories about the Japanese War" by Vikenty Veresaev.[5][6][7]
Plot
editThe film unfolds along two interconnected storylines; the events take place in the second half of the 19th century in the Russian Empire (1872–1875) and in the early 20th century during the Russo-Japanese War in China (1904). It begins thirty years after the tragic death of Anna Karenina, on the battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War — a setting not described in Tolstoy's novel.
The main narrative is set in 1904. Heavy fighting rages in Manchuria. A field hospital is shown being evacuated in the midst of a hasty Russian retreat. Amid the chaos, the chief doctor and the hospital superintendent go missing; a young doctor, Sergey Alexeyevich Karenin, is the only man qualified to replace them both. In a semi-abandoned Chinese village where the hospital has been relocated after the retreat, Karenin completes a risky operation to save the life of a wounded colonel - Count Alexey Kirillovich Vronsky.
That night, Sergey visits Vronsky’s ward and asks him to explain why his mother Anna — whom the count had known thirty years earlier — threw herself under a train, and whether anything could have changed the course of that fateful day. Although the aged Vronsky cautions Sergey that every person has their own truth, he agrees to recount the story of his and Anna's love, and in the process confronts his own lingering guilt over her disgrace and death.
Cast
edit- Elizaveta Boyarskaya as Anna Karenina[8]
- Maksim Matveyev as Vronsky
- Kirill Grebenshchikov as Sergey Karenin
- Vitali Kishchenko as Karenin
- Vladimir Ilyin as General
- Dmitry Miller as Aleksandr, Vronsky's brother
- Tatyana Lyutaeva as Countess Vronskaya
- Viktoriya Isakova as Dolly
- Evdokiya Germanova as Countess Kartasova
- Ivan Kolesnikov as Stepan Arkadievich Oblonsky
- Anastasiya Makeyeva as Betsi Tverskaya
Reception
editThe majority of viewers reacted negatively to the film.[9] Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story has an approval rating of 20% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 4/10[10]
References
edit- ↑ Dale, Martin (9 December 2016). "Mosfilm's Karen Shakhnazarov: 'Russian Cinema Is Very Different From Soviet Cinema'". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Russian film director says Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story will contend for Oscar". TASS. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Лидия Графова. Международный телекинофорум назвал победителей Archived 2024-08-04 at the Wayback Machine // Российская газета, 17 сентября 2018
- ↑ "Анна Каренина". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ↑ «Всё смешалось в доме Карениных». — На «России 1» стартует новый сериал Карена Шахназарова по роману Льва Толстого. «Российская газета» // rg.ru (16 апреля 2017 года)
- ↑ Олег Пакшин. ВИДЕО. Громкая премьера: «Анна Каренина» от Карена Шахназарова. Сюжет программы «Vesti» на телеканале «Россия-1», выпуск от 17 апреля 2017 года. // vesti.ru
- ↑ Премьера телесериала «Анна Каренина» Шахназарова состоится в понедельник. «РИА Новости» // ria.ru (17 апреля 2017 года)
- ↑ Провал кинофильма «Анна Каренина»" в прокате — как неизбежная закономерность.
- ↑ ""Анна Каренина" Шахназарова: все за и против Сериал по мотивам романа Льва Толстого — без Левина, но зато с Русско-японской войной". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ↑ "Anna Karenina: Vronsky's Story". Rotten Tomatoes.
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