This adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s romantic novel has to be one of the best ever made for the small screen. The passionate love affair of a married woman, an aristocratic one to boot and a count who is a Russian soldier leaves most who have seen this wanting more.
Helen McCrory plays Anna and
Kevin McKidd plays Count Vronsky. Our story takes place in 19th century Russia after Anna takes a train ride to Moscow. Along the way she meets Count Vronsky and the two begin a passionate love affair. It’s almost love at first sight if you can believe such a thing. The problem about Russian Aristocracy is the gossip that goes along with it. Anna’s husband played by
Stephen Dillane catches wind of what his wife has been up to and that’s where all hell breaks loose. If the two lovers had shown a little more discretion it’s possible that no one would have been the wiser. Least of all Anna’s husband would not have known what his wife was up to.
The cast of Douglas Henshall,
Paloma Baeza, Mark Strong, and
Amanda Root rounds out our stars officially. Acorn does a wonderful job with this DVD. This version of Anna Karenina was first shown way back in 2001 on PBS Masterpiece Theatre. The DVD came out on October 16th, 2018. The quality of the DVD is excellent and the sights and sounds are superb. The passion that comes from our story has to be one of the best ever written or shown for TV. This is going to make a wonderful addition to the personal library or could become a beautiful gift during this holiday season. So don’t waste any time and pick this one up today. It will make for a beautiful afternoon with that special loved one and enjoy love at its best.
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