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Anna Karenina (1935): Film vs Book
Film · 1935 · Directed by Clarence Brown · Starring Greta Garbo, Fredric March
About the film
A woman's passion brings tragedy in Russian society.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe film centres on the love story and leaves out much of the rest.
Read or watch first?
The novel has many more characters and ideas.
What the book gives you
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
A rich, absorbing story with characters so real you feel you have met them. Its portrait of love and daily life in old Russia is vivid, and the story stays with you.
Who will like it: Readers who love big, immersive novels about love, family and society.