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Customer Reviews of Anna Karenina

Good movie, but film quality somewhat poor
This movie by far keeps the essence of the classic Russian masterpiece. The English versions were awful, and I was very delighted to have the pleasure of viewing this Russian production. The quality of the film is lacking, but nothing terrible. This movie sticks closely to the story except for the absence of "Levin's story". His relationship with Kitty is there, but briefly. No detailed perspective on the importance of his charcter, and no mention of his brother. Also, there was no revelation for Kitty's transformed outlook on life after her sickness and before marrying Levin.

The main storyline with Anna, husband Karenin, and Vronsky was well done. I enjoyed it.

Overall, it was good. I'm glad to have it on my shelf in my colection of Russian movies.

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Needs more work
If the flickering of the film doesn't give you a headache, then maybe the fact that the English Audio track has roughly 15 - 20 minutes of russian with subtitles that just come and go. The color is all washed out, though the picture is sharp??? Why did they only go halfway with this? Then there's the two disk thing, this film is only 2hrs 20mins long, it would easily have fit on one disk.

The film itself is okay, a bit short for such a long novel (why can't they just give this a 3hr treatment?) There is still alot missing from this adaptation though it is the most exhaustive I've ever seen.

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Watch carefully
The picture of this DVD may not be the perfect one but it wouldn't hurt your eyes (unless you are a super perfectionist). I wouldn't recommend to watch any other Anna Karenina filmed before or after as they appear to be "not quite" lacking the very essence. This film is the best adaptation of the great Russian novel and is definitely worth watching.