''Anna Karenina'' (Hungarian: ''Karenin Anna'') is a 1918 Hungarian silent drama film directed by Márton Garas and starring Irén Varsányi,

Dezső Kertész Dezsö Kertész (2 September 1890 – 18 October 1965) was a Hungarian film actor and director. Kertész was born in Békés and died in Budapest at age 73. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Village Rogue'' (1916) * ''The Laughing Saskia'' ...

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Emil Fenyvessy Emil Fenyvessy (31 March 1859 – 20 March 1924) was a Hungarian actor. Emil Fenyvessy was born Emil Teitelbaum into a Jewish family in Ternye, Hungary (now, Terňa, Slovakia). He died in Budapest in 1924. Selected filmography * '' The Black Dia ...

. It is an adaptation of the 1877 novel '' Anna Karenina'' by Leo Tolstoy. This is a Russian silent film based on the eponymous book by Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina is a young wife of an older husband. She is having an affair with the young and handsome Count Vronsky. Their mutual love is under social pressure. By following her desires Anna complicates her life and ends it in a suicide under a train.—Steve Shelokhonov

Plot summary

Cast

* Irén Varsányi as Anna Karenina *

as Vronsky *

as Karenin * Gyula Margittai as Oblovszkij * Jenö Balassa * Sándor Virányi as Levin doktor * Vilma Lakos * Karola Gárdi * Sandy Igolits * Sári Almási] * Adolf Sieder * Mária Gajáry

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

References

External links

* 1918 films Hungarian silent feature films Hungarian drama films 1910s Hungarian-language films Films directed by Márton Garas Films based on Anna Karenina Hungarian black-and-white films Austro-Hungarian films Silent drama films {{Hungary-film-stub