''Anna Karenina'' (Hungarian: ''Karenin Anna'') is a 1918 Hungarian silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Márton Garas Márton Garas (1881–1930) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Three Weeks (1917 film), Három het'' (1917) * ''Anna Karenina (1918 film), Anna Karenina'' (1918) * ''Oliver Twist (1919 film), Oliver Twist'' ...

and starring Irén Varsányi, Dezső Kertész and Emil Fenyvessy. It is an adaptation of the 1877 novel ''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'' by

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

. 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 * Dezső Kertész as Vronsky * Emil Fenyvessy 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