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Genre Period drama Directed by David Blair First episode date 9 May 2000 Network Channel 4 | 7.3/10 IMDb Written by Allan Cubitt Composer(s) John E. Keane Final episode date 30 May 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Starring Helen McCrory
Kevin McKidd
Stephen Dillane
Mark Strong
Amanda Root
Douglas Henshall
Paloma Baeza
Abigail Cruttenden
Paul Rhys
Gillian Barge
Malcolm Sinclair
Victoria Carling Cast Helen McCrory, Kevin McKidd, Stephen Dillane, Douglas Henshall, Mark Strong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anna Karenina is a four-part British television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.
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It was directed by David Blair and aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 9 to 30 May 2000 and in America on PBS Masterpiece Theatre in 2001.
Plot
Anna is traveling by train from St. Petersburg to Moscow to visit her brother Stiva. Stiva is married to Dolly. However, Stiva has been having a sexual affair with his governess.
Anna is a married woman with an 8-year-old son who has an extra-marital affair with Count Vronsky. Constantine Levin courts a young woman named Kitty. Levin and Kitty are both unmarried.
Nikolai, Constantine Levin's brother, cohabits with a former prostitute named Masha.
Cast
References
Anna Karenina (2000 miniseries) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA