Dir. Clarence Brown · Starring Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan, May Robson, Basil Rathbone · Music Herbert Stothart
“THESE TWO LOVED...and the world stood aghast!”
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In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
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A sweeping, tragic romance unfolds with grand, operatic emotion. It feels like a lavish, old-world melodrama where forbidden passion clashes with rigid societal structures, leading to inevitable heartbreak.
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