Anna Karenina (1911 film)
# Anna Karenina (1911 film)

Anna Karenina (Russian: Анна Каренина) was a 1911 Russian short film directed by Maurice Maître.

## Plot

The film was based on the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

Countess Anna Karenina vacillates between her lover, Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love for Vronsky causes her great pain and social pressure. Vronsky wants Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky soon goes off to war, rendering her helpless. Anna feels lonely, begins to lose her mind, and eventually throws herself in front of a train.

## Starring

* M. Sorochtina as Anna Karenina
* M. Trojanov as Karenin
* Nikolai Vasilyev as Vronsky
* Mamonova
* A. Veskov
