Anna Karenina

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.



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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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