The Many Faces of Anna Karenina

Adaptation of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" so much that every viewer will be able to find among them "their". That Anna is closer my heart and soul.

Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina extraordinary beauty, elegance and modest grace, gentle and tender expression. But most importantly, when you look at this woman had the impression "as if the excess of something so flooded her being, that will put it past her in the splendor of the view that in a smile."

Many charming women the opportunity to realize the image on the screen. After the first film based on the novel "Anna Karenina" in 1911 for him were taken more than 25 times. The tragic story went through many eras and genres of cinema: the silent, black-and-white cinematography, ballet, television series, experiments Godard - and still inspires filmmakers take on it. The novel was made into a movie in Hollywood, Germany, Hungary, England, France, Japan, Argentina, the Philippines. Anna knows how to talk in Italian, Arabic, Indian and many other languages. And that's not counting domestic kinoprochteny. Each of the directors tried to unravel the secret of this amazing woman.

The film's success is largely dependent on the choice of the actress in the title role. In the film adaptation is particularly important, because each reader has already established the character.

In the role of Anna's best works are considered to Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh, Tatiana Samoilova, Sophie Marceau. To this list, no doubt, is to add Tatiana Drubich and Keira Knightley.

Greta Garbo twice reincarnated in Anna Karenina. In 1927, in the movie "Love," directed by Edmund Goulding and John Gilbert and in 1935 in the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Clarence Brown.

Meeting with John Gilbert on filming "Love" almost decided the fate of Greta Garbo, but at the last moment of freedom-loving actress ran away from the wedding, and her fiance left with a broken heart and have scattered pieces career. Per game in "Anna Karenina" 1935 Greta Garbo was awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the film was awarded Best Foreign Language Film at the Venice Film Festival.

Vivien Leigh well checkered classic images. Although the role in "Anna Karenina" in 1948 was given the actress is not easy, in some episodes it is admirable. Despite the fact that this is not the best film adaptation of the novel, Anna Karenina by Vivien Leigh turned out quite the "Russian".

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By Tatiana Samoilova film director Alexander Zarkhi 1967 has become a truly stellar. This is the most successful film adaptation of Tolstoy's novel in history. Picture looked more than 40, 5 million people in the Soviet Union. The film was a success and in other efforts, especially loved it in Japan.

Amorous passions from the pages of the novel had an echo in the relations between the actors that played a major role. Samoilov and Lanovoi (played Vronsky) were once married but divorced. On set, they met for the first time after a long break. According to the actor, it helped them to better understand their characters.

Initially, many expressed doubts that the type Tatiana Samoilova fit for the role Karenina, but Alexander Zarkhi insisted on her candidacy, and as a result has become the benchmark actress heroine of Tolstoy on the screen. In the film, Samoilov first posed naked (remember, in 1967, the USSR!), In addition, she had to lose weight for this role more than ten kilograms of. "Anna Karenina" was supposed to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, but because of student unrest in France at the last moment the film crew stayed at home.

A screen adaptation of Sophie Marceau is not considered to be successful. The creators have gone far from Tolstoy's novel, this "Anna Karenina" is frankly failing scene. Sophie Marceau won numerous references among the best performers in the role of Anna, obviously, because of its sweetness.

The idea to take on "Anna Karenina" Tolstoy in Sergei Solovyov was born in the 80's, and only managed to make a film in 2007. On the screens film adaptation Solovyov came only two years later, in 2009. The painting passed quietly, almost unnoticed, she got a prize "Nika" for the best work of the costume designer.

Meanwhile, the Tatiana Drubich (which, incidentally, in the past was the wife of Solovyov), performing the role of Anna, really believe. It is full of affection, tenderness, neisterichnogo deep personal concern - all subtly conveys the inner world of the heroine and closer to unraveling the nature Karenina. In the film, one of his last roles performed by Alexander Abdulov and Oleg Jankowski.

Joe Wright in his version of "Anna Karenina" 2012 uses a new interesting approach, resorting to theatrical staging techniques. Now, many are full of prejudices about Keira Knightley in the title role. The picture will be released in cinemas in Russia early next year, and may force many to change their point of view.