School Library Journal, September 1st, 2001
Anna Karenina (Set). 2 videocassettes. color. approx. 4 hrs. WGBH. 2001. ISBN 1-57807-629-3. $29.95.
Gr 9 Up--This Masterpiece Theatre production has tried to cram 850 pages of Tolstoy's novel into just four hours, and doesn't completely succeed. Although it is more or less faithful to the book's dialogue, and manages to cover most of the major plot points, it does so at the expense of Tolstoy's real meaning. Director David Blair emphasizes it as a love story between Anna and Vronsky (played by Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd), while in Tolstoy's novel, the development of the character of Le...
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