Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel & tragic story of the love affair between Vronsky, a Russian Count and Anna Karenina, a married upper class woman. Nicola Pagett takes the role of Anna, a young woman who is married to a man twenty years her senior (Eric Porter), and who begins a passionate affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Stuart Wilson). When she falls pregnant, Anna decides to dissolve her marriage and wed Vronsky, but true happiness proves elusive.
Cast: Nicola Pagett, Stuart Wilson, Eric Porter
Miniseries
10 episodes
1. Part 1After her brother is found being unfaithful, Anna Karenina persuades her sister-in-law not to leave him.TV-14CC50minSep 25, 1977
2. Part 2Army officer Vronsky falls in love with Anna, who returns to her husband, Karenin, and their son.TV-14CC50minOct 2, 1977
3. Part 3Anna returns Vronsky's feelings, and becomes pregnant with his child.TV-14CC50minOct 9, 1977
4. Part 4Count Alexei chides his wife Anna about her most recent disrespectful behavior then asks that she admit all that has been going on.TV-14CC50minOct 16, 1977
5. Part 5After a difficult birth to a baby girl, Anna flees with Vronsky without obtaining a divorce from Karenin.TV-14CC50minOct 23, 1977
6. Part 6Levin and Kitty marry and soon after, Kitty discovers that she is pregnant.TV-14CC50minOct 30, 1977
7. Part 7Anna and Vronsky return to Russia. After a furious Karenin sees Anna visiting their son, she and Vronsky leave.TV-14CC50minNov 6, 1977
8. Part 8Anna decides to marry Vronsky.TV-14CC50minNov 13, 1977
9. Part 9Anna commits suicide after becoming increasingly bitter towards Vronsky.TV-14CC50minNov 20, 1977
10. Part 10Karenin takes custody of Anna's baby girl, and Vronsky leaves to help fight the Turks in the Serbian revolt.TV-14CC50minNov 27, 1977
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel & tragic story of the love affair between Vronsky, a Russian Count and Anna Karenina, a married upper class woman. Nicola Pagett takes the role of Anna, a young woman who is married to a man twenty years her senior (Eric Porter), and who begins a passionate affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Stuart Wilson). When she falls pregnant, Anna decides to dissolve her marriage and wed Vronsky, but true happiness proves elusive.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Basil Coleman
- Created by
- Ken Riddington
- Studio
- BBC
Maturity rating
TV-14Check the rating before watching with younger viewers.
