As I continue to make my way through Anna Karenina, I was wondering if there is a good movie version?
My experience is that Hollywood has little success with Russian novels. I have yet to find a good film version of Crime and Punishment. The version with the most promising cast (Ben Kingsley, Patrick Dempsey, Julie Delpy) was really, really bad.
IMDB lists 20 attempts at AK. Most intriguing to me are these:
1935 – Greta Garbo and Basil Rathbone
1997 – Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabelle in Braveheart) and Sean Bean (Boromir in LOTR)
Then there is the 1948 version starring Vivian Leigh. I can hear it now: “Frankly, Anna, I don’t give…”
Wouldn’t a silent version be interesting?
Any suggestions?
Matthew
Rather intriguing movie poster.