Anna Karenina

Original Story by Leo Tolstoy

The film is based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy. "All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," goes the novel's opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her...